Re: [MCN-L] Bridgeman Images question

2017-08-17 Thread Maggie Hanson
Ha! Thanks so much for this, Nik! I do have your old blog post on hand for these conversations, as a matter of fact! Thanks for the reminder. -Original Message- From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Nik Honeysett Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2017 2:10

Re: [MCN-L] Bridgeman Images question

2017-08-17 Thread Nik Honeysett
Good luck… but I agree with Erik. The more interesting question is, have they actually licensed any of your public domain images? If they have, please try and find out who and distribute to this list, I have some “property" they might be interested in… Marginally more helpful, if you’re still w

Re: [MCN-L] Bridgeman Images question

2017-08-17 Thread Maggie Hanson
Thanks, Erik - We're kind of in-between right now. We're mostly operating with open access mindset internally, but we don't yet have official language/policies behind it. (We're working on that part . . . ) Providing Bridgeman with better images might be the best/easiest solution. Thanks for

Re: [MCN-L] Bridgeman Images question

2017-08-17 Thread Erik Landsberg
Hi Maggie, Not a lawyer, of course, but many museum have a "no commercial photography"' notice in their literature, entrance info displays etc. Perhaps that would give you grounds for a takedown notice. Just a thought. But if PAM has a fully open access policy, would you consider just providing Bri

[MCN-L] Bridgeman Images question

2017-08-17 Thread Maggie Hanson
Hi, all - This question recently came up in our registrars dept. and I thought I'd kick it out to MCN to see if anyone else has encountered this issue and might have guidance. We'd be most grateful for any insight. Our rights specialist sent the following question to a registrars' list-serv and

[MCN-L] What does the ideal syllabus for museum technology work look like?

2017-08-17 Thread Greg Albers
Hello Friends! For MCN 2017 in Pittsburgh (you’re all going, right?!) my Getty colleague Kathryn Cody and I are trying to crowdsource an ideal syllabus of the top ten literacies needed for technology work at galleries, libraries, archives and museums. We’d love to hear your ideas in this one-q