[MCN-L] Crown Peak, Ektron, or Serena Collage?

2006-10-02 Thread Mitroff, Dana
Is anyone using one of the following web content management systems on their sites? Crown Peak CMS Ektron CMS400.net Serena Collage If so, would you be willing to speak with me about what you like (and dislike) about the system? We are considering these products for the SFMOMA website, and I'd lo

MCN-l listserv

2006-02-08 Thread Mitroff, Dana
Hello everyone, Please forgive this message -- we're testing the new MCN-l listserv! It should be up and running now, so don't hesitate to start talking again. Everyone has been so quiet the past few days. ;) Thanks, Dana Chair, MCN Web Committee MCN Board Member ..

MCN-L listserv

2006-02-07 Thread Mitroff, Dana
Hi MCN-L'ers, If you are receiving this email, it means that our new listserv is up and running! Please check out the new MCN site at www.mcn.edu, which is now live! If you are a current MCN member, watch for an email with your password for the Members-Only section of the MCN site. You will b

Coming on Monday: the new MCN website!

2006-02-03 Thread Mitroff, Dana
Dear MCN-L, We are pleased to announce that the new MCN website will be live on Monday, February 6, 2006! While we transition to our new site, you may notice some down time with the MCN-L listserv. If you have an important message to send to the list, you may want to wait and send it next we

Are you going to the MCN Conference in Boston?

2005-10-19 Thread Mitroff, Dana
Are you going to the Annual MCN Conference November 2-5? Want to get out of the climate-controlled hotel and see some of Boston? Sign up for the Boston Duck Tour! This is by far the wackiest and most unusual way to see the highlights of Boston: http://www.bostonducktours.com/index.html We need

Online surveys of Web visitors

2005-09-27 Thread Mitroff, Dana
Hi everyone, At the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, we are getting ready to do an online survey of our web visitors, and I thought I'd tap into the collective wisdom of the MCN list. 1) Has anyone done online surveys on their websites? 2) What online survey tool did you use? 3) Did you offer

CAL SIG: Last chance to RSVP for event on Feb. 25, 2005

2005-02-15 Thread Mitroff, Dana
There are still a few spots available, so RSVP now to join us for the next MCN California Special Interest Group meeting on Friday, February 25, 2005, in Mountain View, CA! You must RSVP to attend this event, as space is limited to 25 attendees and we will be serving lunch. The RSVP deadline is

CAL SIG: RSVP now for upcoming event on Feb. 25, 2005

2005-01-20 Thread Mitroff, Dana
Join us for the next MCN California Special Interest Group meeting on Friday, February 25, 2005, in Mountain View, CA! You must RSVP to attend this event, as space is limited to 25 attendees and we will be serving lunch. The RSVP deadline is Friday, February 11, 2005. To reserve your spot, email

Position Announcement: MCN Website Editor

2005-01-18 Thread Mitroff, Dana
** Please feel free to forward and share with colleagues. ** MCN Website Editor The Museum Computer Network, a nonprofit, volunteer-led organization of professionals dedicated to fostering the cultural aims of museums through the use of computer technologies, seeks a part-time (approximately 5-

CAL SIG: save the date - Feb. 25, 2005

2004-11-29 Thread Mitroff, Dana
Title: Message *** Save the date for the next CAL SIG event on Friday, February 25, 2005, in the Bay Area! *** Where:  RLG and the Computer History Museum, both located in Mountain View, CA When:   Friday, February 25, 2005, 10:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. What:   Meet colleagues from these two dynam

Fwd: Expanded University Search program from Google

2004-10-12 Thread Mitroff, Dana
Title: Message Hi All,   This is a great free resource for museum websites. We used the Google University Search on the SFMOMA website before we licensed a commercial search product, Atomz. When we used Google University Search, we had to get special permission from Google, but now they are

U.S. Section 508 accessibility and museum Web sites

2004-02-23 Thread Mitroff, Dana
Hi All, I am researching Section 508 accessibility guidelines in the context of planning for a possible site redesign and am trying to figure out if U.S. federal granting agencies such as the IMLS and NEA are planning to start requiring grant recipients to make their Web content accessible sometim

Re: Web standards and museum sites

2004-01-07 Thread Mitroff, Dana
Sean, Is the Brooklyn Museum of Art redesign to standards-compliant XHTML and CSS being done in-house, or are you outsourcing to a web firm? If you are doing it in-house, how did you train your team to get up-to-speed with the newest standards, besides reading Zeldman's book? Do you have any rec

Web standards and museum sites

2004-01-06 Thread Mitroff, Dana
Hi All,   Are any of you starting to think about redesigning your Web sites to comply with XHTML and the latest Web standards? We have been thinking about a visual and structural redesign of our site (www.sfmoma.org) lately, and now we are thinking that a redesign would also be a good opp