[MCN-L] a question about digital photography

Dear All: I have mandated including scale on 2-d objects in collections since working on the collections at the San Diego Museum of Art for an interactive gallery in the mid-1990s. Using something other than measurements to give visitors and idea of what they looking for is extremely useful.

[MCN-L] inventory photos or no?

Dear Perian: Good question. At Cleveland our philosophy, for the past decade, has been that most people would prefer to see an image than no image, but it takes a long time to photograph 30,000 objects in the studio. So if we do not have an approved studio image, but we do have an image, we

[MCN-L] If not a big set of headphones than what? A little help please....

Dear List-Servers: Our head of exhibitions would like to install a few (3 count 'em) listening stations in a special exhibition this summer. Our head of design doesn't like the look of big old headphones hanging from the wall--and our customers often suffer from a fear of germs associated

[MCN-L] 2008 MCN Conference Proceedings

Dear Jeanne- Yes, they will, ultimately. This is my bad, as program chair I should be on top of this but am dealing with some family issues that are taking precedence. Holly From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Jeanne

[MCN-L] IP SIG: a nice tool... a copyright digital slider

Cool -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Diane M. Zorich Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 2:04 PM To: mcn-l at toronto.mediatrope.com Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: a nice tool... a copyright digital slider From the VRA list ... A handy

[MCN-L] Policies and Procedures for Museums with Collection Information Systems, Got Any?

a single squid preserved in fluid, 1950s automobile, or experiment to determine how bats are able to navigate without running into things (except my cat). Looking forward to your generous assistance in this. Send emails. Don't call. I'm going on vacation in two hours. Yours sincerely, Holly Witchey

[MCN-L] Organizational Question

are going to do, what they are going to do and assure that everyone one understands the parameters of the project. Hope this helps, Holly Witchey Cleveland Museum of Art 11150 East Blvd. Cleveland, OH 44106 216-707-2653 hwitchey at clevelandart.org -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces

[MCN-L] OCLC awarded Mellon grant to conduct museum data exchangestudy

Congratulations G. And Happy Valentines Day to you and Meredith -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Waibel,Guenter Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 7:41 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] OCLC awarded

[MCN-L] Spam, Spam Glorious Spam

This inquiry from our network manager here at the CMA. Anybody got any good solutions for curing the spam problem? We are getting spam slammed in a huge way. Any and all suggestions will be thoughtfully received and the provider of the best answer will receive (in addition to our eternal

[MCN-L] [steve.discuss] second phase of steve tagging experimentdeployed

We've been doing this with our little meta data project as well and have been getting some valuable terms from other parts of the world--Andrea can fill you in when she's at Grindstone. Holly Witchey Director, New Media Initiatives The Cleveland Museum of Art 11150 East Blvd. Cleveland, Ohio

[MCN-L] IP SIG: Economist calculates optimum term of copyright:14years (from BoingBoing)

Amalyah! I love seeing your name in my in-box--I know it's always bringing something thoughtful like this paper. Thanks. Holly Witchey Director, New Media Initiatives The Cleveland Museum of Art 11150 East Blvd. Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Phone: 216-707-2653 Fax: 216-721-4176 Email: hwitchey

[MCN-L] Looking for Policies--Can you help?

and on the servers), and purchasing. If you've got great models for any of these, I'd love to see them. If you are willing to share internal documents you can do it here on the list serv, if that would be of help to others, or share with me off the list serv at hwitchey at clevelandart.org. Holly

[MCN-L] Looking for Policies--Provisional Internet ComputingPolicy

Wow David, this is terrific. Thanks so much for sharing it! Vancouver is lucky to have you. Holly Witchey Director, New Media Initiatives The Cleveland Museum of Art 11150 East Blvd. Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Phone: 216-707-2653 Fax: 216-721-4176 Email: hwitchey at clevelandart.org

[MCN-L] A query from a small museum

Hi Folks: APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTINGS. I had the query below from a small museum. They didn't want to be bombarded with solicitations, so I told them I would post their question on the list serv and forward the relevant responses. Any help would be appreciated. You can reply to the list serv

[MCN-L] CALL FOR PAPERS: EVA London 2007, 9th-13th July: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

With apologies for any cross postings, here's a call for papers that might be of interest to some of you. Holly Witchey Director, New Media Initiatives The Cleveland Museum of Art 11150 East Blvd. Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Phone: 216-707-2653 Fax: 216-721-4176 Email: hwitchey at clevelandart.org

[MCN-L] CIDOC 2007 conference EN/FR call for paper

As program chair for 2007, do please keep me in the loop in any off-list conversations and decisions. Thanks Holly Witchey Director, New Media Initiatives The Cleveland Museum of Art 11150 East Blvd. Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Phone: 216-707-2653 Fax: 216-721-4176 Email: hwitchey at clevelandart.org

[MCN-L] History of Museum Gaming?

, doesn't mean they were doing the job. After all those buttons which allowed us to play video or audio in natural history museums got the job done. Holly Witchey Director, New Media Initiatives The Cleveland Museum of Art 11150 East Blvd. Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Phone: 216-707-2653 Fax: 216-721-4176 Email

[MCN-L] programmer salaries

over to Bob the I.T. Guy, who's great, but has his own issues http://musematic.net/?p=37. My advice, if you are going to do it, do it right. Decide exactly what you want the person to do and pony up the dollars for the best you can afford. Holly Witchey Director, New Media Initiatives

[MCN-L] AAM Media Technology MUSE Awards

information on deadlines, procedures, categories, and criteria go to: http://www.mediaandtechnology.org/muse/ If you have any questions please contact Phyllis Hecht, MUSE awards chair at muse at mediaandtechnology.org Holly Witchey Director, New Media Initiatives The Cleveland Museum of Art 11150 East

[MCN-L] Help Us Tailor MCN 2007 To Your Needs!

Dear MCN Members and Friends: We need your help! The call for proposals for MCN 2007 in Chicago opens in two weeks, on February 5, and we want to make sure that this year's conference provides you with the information and resources you need, in a conference format (session, workshop,