[MCN-L] Best practices/workflows for converting catalogues to epub

um catalogues figured out, and that they'd be willing to share with me? Thanks in advance, ~Perian Cohen ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messa

[MCN-L] Job opening: Director of IT for the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

Come work with the fantastic team that Kevin Conley has assembled! ~Perian http://asianart.snaphire.com/jobdetails?ajid=bLYJ7 The Director of Information Technology is responsible for providing strategic vision, leadership, management and administration for a wide range of technologies and

[MCN-L] Kodak announces new ICO, KodakCoin, to track IP licensing and payment facilitation

s and maintain a list of usage licensing? Does it automatically send out C&D letters? What happens when the site changes and there's a disconnect with the blockchain? How do creators get paid? Just with KodakCoins? Blockchain: the newest tech to wrestle

[MCN-L] Open access but fees for publishers?

ation fees are still (?) a quantifiable source of additional income. So I'm guessing honor system is mostly in play here. What restrictions do you still have? Print run limitations before a fee kicks in? Type of publication? Don't worry about it at all? Thank

[MCN-L] Met Museum releases 375,000 images under CC0

Congratulations, Loic and the rest of the Met team! The news has been making the rounds internally, adding to our own OAC conversations. http://www.artnews.com/2017/02/07/metropolitan-museum-of-art-puts-375000-public-domain-images-in-creative-commons/ ~Perian

Re: [MCN-L] Internal image use policies

ts to ultimately adopt an open access policy for the public. So I'm looking for the balance between respect for collection representation/copyright and facilitating access. ~P On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 12:06 PM, Amalyah Keshet wrote: > Hi Perian > > Rather depends on what you mean by &qu

[MCN-L] Internal image use policies

ks in advance, ~Perian ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/ma

Re: [MCN-L] Maker spaces and 3D printing

there're a few makerspaces in San Diego: http://makerplace.com/ http://www.fablabsd.org/ San Diego Public Library: http://sandiego.communityguides.com/content.php?pid=493213&sid=5377126 and http://www.meetup.com/Makers-at-San-Diego-Central-Library-Meetup/messages/boards/thread/45532332 and http://

[MCN-L] Fwd: [MUSEUM-L] Take the Survey of Digital Image Collection Management Practices and Receive a Free Copy of the Ensuing Report

Take the Survey of Digital Image Collection Management Practices and Receive a Free Copy of the Ensuing Report Primary Research Group seeks managers of large image collections to take the Survey of Digital Image Collection Management Practices. Colleges, libraries, museums, archives, government ag

Re: [MCN-L] data archiving

Hi Matt: What kind of preservation services are you looking for? Backup, regular migration, integrity audits? Others here can speak to their own methods and what the best practices are nowadays, but if you're just trying to have an offsite backup with some redundancy, you might look into Amazon's

Re: [MCN-L] Project management systems

Seconding what Ari said. What're your priorities? Trello is quite popular for agile project management and supports everything you mentioned, but not sure to what degree you need these things. I'm not up to speed on Slack but I know lots of people use it. Currently using Igloo as an intranet and it

[MCN-L] "easy" file duplication cleanup

oes anyone have any other ideas that I might try? Or are we really just stuck with all of this junk until someone manually goes in and cleans it up? Thanks, ~Perian ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network

Re: [MCN-L] LAM interoperability SIG?

This is absolutely a favorite topic of mine and something I've spent my professional career working on. Sign me up! On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Stefano Cossu wrote: > Hello, > It was exciting to host a lively conversation at the last MCN conference > about Libraries, Archives and Museums (

[MCN-L] CZur book/document scanner Indiegogo

Has anyone else looked at this $200 scanner? It's a little different than the formats we've seen previously, and promises to offer some automatic OCR, image cleanup, straightening and trimming features. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/czur-scanner-build-your-own-digital-library#/ Really int

Re: [MCN-L] 12 months of open access images at Te Papa: the report

Congratulations Adrian! This is wonderfully useful info to keep on hand (especially for those organizations that are still nervous about open access). In other words: the sky didn't fall in! Cheers, ~Perian On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 4:02 PM, Adrian Kingston wrote: > Hi all > > A f

Re: [MCN-L] Artifact photography organizations or conferences?

Hi Ellice: The Visual Resources Association http://vraweb.org/ has annual conferences and a listserv. Many people on the Registrar's Committee of AAM also do artifact photography and their listserv is quite active. http://www.rcaam.org/ ~Perian On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 9:58 AM, Ellice En

Re: [MCN-L] DDAM

365, but its capabilities are applied somewhat inconsistently) so we can encourage collaboration and version control while maintaining some control over our assets. I just don't know if seamless integration exists yet. Sticky problems to think about! ~P On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 6:21 AM, Niki

Re: [MCN-L] DDAM? (Document and Digital Asset Management)

eone else at the IMA? > > Good luck and please post your findings! > Nate > > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 9:53 PM, Perian wrote: > > > Hi everyone: > > > > I'm performing some digital asset and digital needs assessments in > > preparation for DAMS se

[MCN-L] DDAM? (Document and Digital Asset Management)

ows for the DAMS to retain all of the digital files while allowing for version control and collaboration (in an easy-to-use and elegant interface)? And if some of you have implemented both DM and DAM, I'd love to know the interplay between these sy

[MCN-L] Looking for an MCN roomie

As my 40th birthday/coming out of baby-retirement present to myself, I'm giving me the gift of seeing you all again. Do any of you (preferably ladies) need or want a roomie? I'm planning on arriving November 4th and leaving on the 7th. Cheers

[MCN-L] Introduction to DAMS video?

Does anyone happen to have a favorite introductory video for staff who are unfamiliar with DAM systems? We're kicking off a new project and want to illustrate what DAMS are in a neat, friendly, concise way. Unfortunately, all we seem to be finding are marketing videos about specific products, o

[MCN-L] Specialist DAMS features for GLAM institutions?

A question for those of you who've implemented a digital asset management system at your institution or elsewhere... I'm trying to find or generate a list of digital asset management features that are specific to museums, libraries, and archives. All DAMS deliver a pretty core set of functions,

[MCN-L] New physical interactive - Eliana Rachel Sully Cohen

Hi everyone: On July 7th, following 40 weeks +42 hours of preparation and labor, I released a new physical interactive, which we've named "Eliana". Eliana was originally 8lbs, 5 oz and 19.5" long, but, being interactive and now 5 weeks old, her specs have since changed significantly. She also h

[MCN-L] Flickr and digital collections

ein wrote about their decision here: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/community/blogosphere/2014/04/04/social-change/ She makes some good points, but I think that the users we're interested in are still present on Flickr. Hope this helps, ~Perian On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Ellice Engdahl

[MCN-L] Survey on 21st Century Museum Skills

Posting on behalf of Dr. Susan Spero, JFKU Museum Friends, Can you please help with a Museum Studies Program research study? We are asking: What skills and attributes do museum professionals need to possess to successfully work in the 21st Century museum? The answers to this question should be

[MCN-L] REMINDER: AAM proposals due today - Remember to hit the SUBMIT button!!!

n and check to make sure your presenter bios are in, your learning outcomes are clear, and that dang little red button is clicked. Thanks! ~Perian AAM Media & Technology Program Chair

[MCN-L] The Future of Programming

I was just shown this fascinating and thought-provoking video about the Future of Programming, ca. 1973. It's a recent TED-like talk from Dropbox's DBX conference in July. The real purpose of the talk is important even for non-programmers, I think. Enjoy! http://vimeo.com/71278954 ~Perian

[MCN-L] AAM proposals and Technology Tutorials - we need teachers!

yright and Privacy (Beginner) 10. Strategy: What's the best tool for my message? Digital strategy for projects (Advanced) 11. Tech Tutorial: Basics of Mobile Websites (Advanced) 12. Strategy: Drupal or Wordpress? Content Management Systems (Advanced) 13. Tech Tutorial: Organize and Manage Yo

[MCN-L] One more week (plus change) until AAM program submissions close!

r feedback, or ask to join their session. It's up to you to help make this conference work for YOU. Please drop me a line at perian at emphatic.org if you have questions about the process, or would like to talk about your proposal. You can submit it now on the AAM and refine it throughout

[MCN-L] Projects using the "Internet of Things"

Is anyone utilizing the concept of the Internet of Things in their digital projects? The Center for the Future of Museums is interested in having a workshop or sessions about this topic and would like to talk to people about their projects. Please drop me a line (or respond here), with a brief

[MCN-L] Managing retention of digital projects

r dedicated types of software that can help us manage these many different filetypes, and maybe allow us to link in emulators. Any ideas or experiences of your own workflows would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, ~Perian

[MCN-L] Making sense of tags

Thanks Nate. I was actually being somewhat intentionally vague, because I'm curious about all of the possible end-results. For the org I'm working with, there are no plans currently to do super-awesome data visualization projects or tag-based web designs or online catalogue tools, but I know su

[MCN-L] Making sense of tags

able to embark upon once you had this new pile of information? Thanks, ~Perian /Perian Sully Independent Consultant http://www.emphatic.org twitter: @p_sully/

[MCN-L] New (non-MCN) SIG, "Oracle Unstructured Data with Multimedia" & win a book

Hi everyone: Marcelle Kratochvil asked me to post this out: Hi. I have put together a competition for copies of the book with museum/gallery people being targeted as well. Am asking if you can pass on the link to anyone you think would be interested: https://sites.google.com

[MCN-L] Study on impact on interpretative staff by collections online efforts

act of Blogs and Other Social Media on the Life of a Curator" and Nancy Proctor's "The Google Art Project: A New Generation of Museums on the Web?" Thanks! ~Perian

[MCN-L] Photo Metadata sans DAMS

Hi Cairie! In the past, prior to DAMS, I would use Adobe Bridge to embed information into the IPTC metadata, but only fields that were common to all assets; fields like Institution/Author, Keywords (museum,culture,art,nameofinstitution...), Website, etc. As far as I could find at the time, the

[MCN-L] Visual sorting tools?

Thanks for the responses thus far. Roger: I'm not at all familiar using shell scripts and I've not worked with ImageMagick directly - can it segregate the files with a certain "B/W" value? About 50% of the directory are modern photographs, without any interesting color information. I'm estimating

[MCN-L] Visual sorting tools?

lmost everything I want... save being able to select and move the black and white images. http://pixolution.does-it.net/index.php?id=18 It looks as though Adobe is working on it as a feature in a future release, but that doesn't help me now. Any suggestions? ~Perian

[MCN-L] Job posting: Lead Interactive Developer at BPOC

The Balboa Park Online Collaborative is seeking a creative self-motivated Lead Interactive Software Developer to join its team to support innovative technology projects serving 26 cultural institutions in Balboa Park. Learn a new definition of ROI as you work alongside experienced museum technology

[MCN-L] MCN Silent Auction in Atlanta - prizes!

Dear Marla: What's the procedure for dropping off items? At the check-in/registration desk? On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Misunas, Marla wrote: > The MCN Silent Auction is coming up. > Can you top last year's Elvis Mr. Potato Head? > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37591725/ns/business-consumer_ne

[MCN-L] Job posting: Director of Information Technology, Balboa Park Online Collaborative

As we expand, the Balboa Park Online Collaborative is seeking a dynamic, business minded proactive Director of Information Technology with strong technical and communications skills who is aspiring to a CIO role. The BPOC provides thought leadership and technical services to more than 27 museums an

[MCN-L] New Flickr uploader for museums, Sammu, available for pre-release

to check out the software and help us kick the wheels. Sammu does require Mac OS 10.6 or higher to run. Sorry, PC folks. If you're interested, please drop me a line at psully at bpoc.org. I look forward to hearing from you! ~Perian Perian Sully Project Manager: Online Access and Digital

[MCN-L] Technology, Interpretation and Education Virtual Conference and Expo Hall - September 20-22, 2011

Multi-day Online Conference and Virtual Expo Hall Technology, Interpretation and Education 2011 September 20-22 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. each day (Eastern) Join us for an exciting two-day online experience, where you can learn from and interact with Media & Technology MUSE Award-winning museum professiona

[MCN-L] Fwd: DEADLINE EXTENDED: 2012 Annual Meeting Session Proposals

FYI -- Forwarded message -- From: American Association of Museums Date: Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 10:39 AM Subject: DEADLINE EXTENDED: 2012 Annual Meeting Session Proposals To: perian at emphatic.org If you have difficulty viewing this message, please click here<http://www.mmsen

[MCN-L] Co-presenters needed Fwd: AAM Technology proposal

he 31st of August. Thanks! ~Perian Media and Technology SPC Program Chair, AAM -- Forwarded message -- From: Frisch, Cari Date: Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 9:04 AM Subject: AAM Technology proposal I work in the Family Programs Division of the Education Department at the Museum of Mod

[MCN-L] Call for Proposals for AAM Media & Technology sessions, deadline July 15!

session chairs to flesh out ideas and look for co-presenters. I'll provide that address when it's available. Thank you so much to everyone who presented this year. It was a great conference and I look forward to hearing from you soon so we can raise the bar even more for Minneapol

[MCN-L] DAM pricing

st of hardware (true for the commercial products, too). Sorry for the non-answer, but if you're able to provide more specifics about the size of your institution and what you want the DAMS to do, someone might be able to help fine-tune the numbers. ~Perian On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:28 PM, M

[MCN-L] Museum Mobile App List

Hi Kurt: Check out this great list: http://www.museums2go.com/ Charles includes reviews with the apps, too. On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 8:37 AM, MuseumPods wrote: > Hello, > > A lot of people have asked me for a list of available museum mobile apps > (iPhone, Android) and I don't have one -- is th

[MCN-L] Online Collections Publication

nd has a positive effect on in-person visits to public libraries" Hope these are of use, ~Perian P.S. because the question will invariably arise, when I was at the Magnes, we saw our R&R revenue increase by about 500% within the first year following online publication of the collections

[MCN-L] Institutional image database

Sorry for the slow reply. This behavior is true of most, if not all, DAMS. So you would have your primary directory of assets, then point the DAMS to it. It does mean some legwork should be performed to consolidate your images when you install the DAMS, but then you won't need to move files around

[MCN-L] Institutional image database - Lightroom?

ro.rcip-chin.gc.ca/index-eng.jsp?Ne=8110&N=8110 Hope this helps, ~Perian Perian Sully Project Manager: Digital Asset Management and Online Access Balboa Park Online Collaborative On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 2:52 PM, SARAH PUCKITT wrote: > Hello- thanks for your suggestions so far from

[MCN-L] Skype- use it or block it?

We use it, too. Same with my last museum, where I used it for my AAM conference calls, instead of charging my calls to the organization. ~Perian On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Sandy Moore wrote: > We have several staff members using it, including our Director. > > Sandra J. M

[MCN-L] QR codes

ey're now using in the gallery: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/mar/13/mopa-balboa-park/ ~Perian Perian Sully Project Manager: Digital Asset Management & Online Access Balboa Park Online Collaborative Balboa Park? now there?s an app for that <http://bit.ly/bOacHF> Pla

[MCN-L] Last minute event notice - "Innovating and Developing with Libraries, Archives, and Museums" - Austin, TX

For those of you in the Austin area, this is happening tonight, and it's free to attend: http://tho2011sxsw.eventbrite.com/ As a prequel to a panel scheduled for this year's SXSW Interactive, we're planning an informal unconference-type event to be he

[MCN-L] RFI - Collaborative Multitouch Table Projects

I'm also just now looking into touch tables - I'd love to be included on any replies. Thanks! ~Perian On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Farrell, David < David.Farrell at peelregion.ca> wrote: > Hi all - The Peel Heritage Complex in Brampton, Ontario is about to embark > o

[MCN-L] Multilingual collection database

t are represented in the Magnes collection. Plus translation, transliteration and synonym indexes. ~Perian On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Chuck Patch wrote: > Hi John, > > I'm sure there are a number of systems that do this, and I would check > with those operating out of t

[MCN-L] CAL SIG members meeting Berkeley, May 21?

AAM begins on May 22nd, so lots of folks will be flying into Houston 21-22 On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Misunas, Marla wrote: > Hi all, > I'm working with our friends at UC Berkeley to arrange a Cal SIG meeting > there for us in May. > Due to the end of the school year, things are pretty bus

[MCN-L] Fwd: REMINDER: Call for Participants, MITH API Workshop due Friday, Jan 14

(please excuse the cross-posting ~Perian) We're nearing the Friday deadline for accepting applications to our NEH-funded API workshop, so this is your last chance to apply! The Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities will host a two-day workshop on developing APIs (Applic

[MCN-L] RIP Delicious

Yahoo finally responded, following the great cries of anguish around the blogo-twittersphere: http://blog.delicious.com/blog/2010/12/whats-next-for-delicious.html Basically, looks like Yahoo is cutting Delicious loose, as it doesn't fit into their core offerings, and are looking to sell it off. B

[MCN-L] RIP Delicious

This makes me very sad indeed: http://gizmodo.com/5714292/rest-in-peace-delicious I spent a lot of time adding cultural heritage content and links and tutorials to Delicious. Maybe I should just migrate them to Zotero instead? Anyone else have any suggestions for a comparable service? The article

[MCN-L] rss feeds today

n open the full content within the app. So apparently, I'm a hybrid, preferences dependent entirely upon the way I access the content! Anyway, I agree it'd be interesting to see if there's some usage data. ~Perian On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Hoover, Joseph wrote: > I hav

[MCN-L] Online Photo Sharing

Hi again: Hmm, thinking about it more, what about using a free, web-based, self-hosted image gallery software like Gallery (http://gallery.menalto.com/ )? Just install it on your servers within a password-protected sub-directory or on a subdomain. I personally haven't used it a lot, but I know lot

[MCN-L] Online Photo Sharing

route). One clarification about the metadata issue (in my "Cons" below): I know that there are some efforts to make tools available to link the collection metadata to the Flickr image, but I don't believe I'm at liberty to discuss the specifics as of yet. Hopefully there will

[MCN-L] FailFaire - NYT article about non-profit technology failures

erate! Cheers, ~P -- Perian Sully http://www.emphatic.org http://www.musematic.net http://www.mediaandtechnology.org Twitter: @p_sully

[MCN-L] Applications now open! THATCamp Bay Area, October 9-10, 2010

follow @ THATCamp and #thatcamp on Twitter. Please let your friends know and feel free to share this with other listservs. ~Perian >From the organizer: Hi folks, Thanks to you, THATCamp Bay Area is ON. We've got an inspiring location to hold it, and thanks to the help of a host of dive

[MCN-L] newly released W3 emotion markup language

I am more bemused by this than I should be and have to share: http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-emotionml-20100729/ I'm trying to come up with some reasonable use of this, and all I can come up with is some sort of metaverse or semantic web application. But I don't think I'd want to code in it... the

[MCN-L] REMINDER! SPC-endorsed session proposals for AAM 2011 are due tomorrow (Friday, July 16th)

000 Make sure everything is complete, as AAM will reject the proposal if it's not. That includes contact info and biographies for all speakers. I'm really excited by what I've seen so far, and I'm looking forward to hearing from more of you. Best, ~Perian Sully AAM Medi

[MCN-L] Save the Date! THATCamp Bay Area, October 9-10, 2010

low @THATCamp and #thatcamp on Twitter. Please let your friends know and feel free to share this with other listservs. Hope to see you there! ~Perian Perian Sully http://emphatic.org http://musematic.net http://mediaandtechnology.org Twitter: @p_sully

[MCN-L] scanner recommendations?

I second Denise's recommendation. The Epson 1XL series is fantastic. ~Perian On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Gose, Denise wrote: > We love our Epson 1XL scanners - but you'll pay close to $3000 for the > version with Silverfast software and transparency unit, whic

[MCN-L] Bad news for the public domain

ikely to go to the Supreme Court, AND the Roberts Court has been notoriously pro-corporate, I'm not feeling terribly secure about the fate of public domain. Anyone else have other perspectives about this? ~Perian

[MCN-L] Database access for curators?

Chuck, Gabriela, and Maggie have it correct. One would hope that the db staff worked with the curators in advance, to determine the correct terminology terms! However, I can tell you that no one applies terms consistently, so having that final approval by the information manager is critical. Likew

[MCN-L] Database access for curators?

delete it entirely (but I also have backups to refer to, in a worst case scenario). ~Perian

[MCN-L] Change of contact information

Hi everyone: Just wanted to let you all know that my last day at the Magnes (in fact, the last day OF Magnes as a museum) is at the end of June. Would you please update your email contact for me from psully at magnes.org to perian at emphatic.org ? I don't know where I'll be landing y

[MCN-L] Records for displaying unrelated objects together

Robyn: I haven't used Mimsy, so I couldn't say if it supports this, but what I've done with a few different databases now is to create an Exhibition record that links all of the items. But for individual, discrete groups, I've always had to manually "massage" the labels, then save the label to the

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[MCN-L] FW: Media and Technology SPC-endorsed session proposals for AAM 2011 are due July 16!

of time if you have any questions about filling in the form! Again, thanks to you all for being a part of this committee. I look forward to our further conversations and getting to know you better. Perian Sully Media and Technology SPC Program Chair programs at mediaandtechnology.org P.S. A spec

[MCN-L] image file names

u don't have an accession number yet), what are some other arguments in favor of using a unique identifier instead of the accession number? ~P Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes Berkeley, CA -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu

[MCN-L] FW: travel to AAM meeting in LA on SATURDAY - ROAD CLOSURES

If you are attending AAM, please note the traffic issues on Saturday morning near the conference hotels and the conference center. The roads into and around many of the hotels will be COMPLETELY closed from 10:00 am until approximately 4:00 pm ~Perian

[MCN-L] Thumbnail strategies; social media and copyright.

lly appreciate any time you can spend to answer some of these questions. Please respond to me offlist, and denote if I may identify your institution's practices during the workshop. I would like to collate all answers and distribute them to the list, but I'll strip identifying information from

[MCN-L] Heading to Denver for MW2010? Got an iPhone?

I'm, alas, not going to MW (and I'm really, really envious of all of you who are), but this is AWESOME! Well done! Ok, I want one for AAM now... ~Perian Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes 2911 Russell St. Berkeley, CA 94705 http://www.magne

[MCN-L] Copyright Questions? We have answers!

It is not too late to register for the Copyright Workshop in LA. But hurry, advance registration ends on April 16th! See attached flyer. Please email workshop coordinator, Tamara Johnston, with questions: tamarakjohnston at gmail.com Tamara K. Johnston Collections Manager/Registrar Milwaukee, WI

[MCN-L] Content-based social media strategies

nal structure of the museum, rather than the content. But I have to admit that I haven't done an exhaustive survey of the field. Have you noticed differently? Have you adjusted your strategy based on the type of content being presented? ~P Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Progr

[MCN-L] Switching to Gmail

e's going to be using the interwebs around here). ~Perian

[MCN-L] ye olde TIF vs. JPEG2000 debate

to create images for rights & reproduction use. For the most part, our only "free range" images are the lower-quality JPGs that we publish in our online database. We don't have a zoomify function or anything like that, so I publish these images in full. ~P Perian Sully Collec

[MCN-L] ye olde TIF vs. JPEG2000 debate

ative TIFs with JPEG2000 at this time. Anyone have any opinions, experiences or suggestions before I commit to this? ~Perian Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes 2911 Russell St. Berkeley, CA 94705 Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 Fax: 510-849-3673 http://www.

[MCN-L] V&A Crowdsourcing Application

ould be a great opportunity to determine what people are really looking for from our photographs, even when we don't have a program to help us crop and adjust our images. Thanks and congratulations! Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes Berkeley, CA -

[MCN-L] FW: MONDAY 2/8 @ 12: Professor Pamela Samuelson on "Google Book Search and the Future of Access to Scholarly Books"

For you Bay Area folks. Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes Berkeley, CA From: Colin Dingler [mailto:cd...@berkeley.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 10:09 AM To: thl at lists.berkeley.edu Subject: MONDAY 2/8 @ 12: Professor Pamela Samuelson on

[MCN-L] MCN conference: MYSTERY ITEM

Clearly it was aliens. ;) ~Perian -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Jana Hill Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 12:59 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] MCN conference: MYSTERY ITEM Would the kind & generous person

[MCN-L] Comments on your collections online

't seem to remember which sites those were. SO! Do any of you know/have collections online that allow for user comments? Have you seen some great discussions between users that have served to enlighten the staff and public alike? Thanks in advance and hope y'all are staying warm. Best

[MCN-L] Project management systems for inter-organizationalcooperation

We're currently working on a website project using Basecamp. We're pretty impressed with it and it makes things nice and easy to keep track of tasks. http://basecamphq.com/ Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes Berkeley, CA -Origin

[MCN-L] "The Great Ebook Throwdown" - my summary

Speaking personally, I use the free app Stanza on my iPhone for reading e-books in bed (it's nice to have the lights out and still be able to read!). The disadvantage is the small size of the page, which Kindle obviously excels at. But having an e-book reader that doubles as phone, game player,

[MCN-L] GeoCities RIP

Proof that even CSS can be used for evil... (ow. I have a headache now) Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes Berkeley, CA -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Morgan, Matt Sent: Saturday

[MCN-L] Content credit lines within institutional websites

nstead of curated and forcused research efforts). We do have names assigned to individual blog entries, but the blog is pretty egalitarian and we have multiple staff posting to it. Has anyone else run into this problem and, if so, how have you assigned a credit to online exhibition descriptions? Perian

[MCN-L] Use policies in museums

Are we sure that MFA Houston is the bad cop? Perhaps the Robert Frank estate (or their representatives) complained to MFA Houston who then had to send a C&D to your friend. Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes Berkeley, CA -Original Mes

[MCN-L] V&A launches one million objects on line

can be retrieved in one swoop? Really, really looking forward to fishing through your collections again. Best, ~Perian Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes Berkeley, CA -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun.

[MCN-L] In what department does your media person reside?

o promote collections and research - and our tech-savvy staff are here anyway - it ended up in this branch. hope that helps... ~Perian Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes Berkeley, CA -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:m

[MCN-L] institutional policy for a museum's online presence via social networking

propriate conduct is generally agreed to at time of hiring (we all have to sign a confidentiality agreement). I think there's a nice balance that can be had, but it does require some trust in your staff and a few groundrules laid out at the outset. Hope this helps, ~P Perian Sully Collection

[MCN-L] Microsoft ordered to stop selling Word

It already has on my computer, apparently. Haven't been able to get the darn thing to work right in months! Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes Berkeley, CA -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.ed

[MCN-L] Website and Digital Communications Coordinator job at Contemporary Jewish Museum, SF

Came across this today and figured someone might be interested: http://thecjm.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&view=article&id =203 Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes 2911 Russell St. Berkeley, CA 94705 Work: 510-549-695

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