Hi Tamara, We've also found KioskPro to be the best way to go. I haven't heard of eCrisper but we used another app called X-stand once and always recommend KioskPro over that one!
Best, Robin Robin White Owen M: 917/407-7641 T: 646/472-5145 robin at mediacombo.net www.mediacombo.net http://mediacombo.net/blog twitter.com/rocombo On Jan 23, 2014, at 7:00 AM, mcn-l-request at mcn.edu wrote: > Send mcn-l mailing list submissions to > mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > mcn-l-request at mcn.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > mcn-l-owner at mcn.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of mcn-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Application Programming Interface for the Collection of the > Walters Art Museum (Dylan Kinnett) > 2. Survey of new media research practices and preferences > (Dianne Dietrich) > 3. Visual Resources Association?s Annual Conference: March > 12-15, 2014, Milwaukee, WI (Robb Detlefs) > 4. iPad kiosk with URL restrictions (Tamara Georgick) > 5. Re: iPad kiosk with URL restrictions (Dehan, Jonathan) > 6. Re: iPad kiosk with URL restrictions (Ed Rodley) > 7. FREE MCN Pro Workshop: February 18! (Eric Longo) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 17:30:56 +0000 > From: Dylan Kinnett <dkinnett at thewalters.org> > To: "mcn-l at mcn.edu" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Subject: [MCN-L] Application Programming Interface for the Collection > of the Walters Art Museum > Message-ID: > <66DA270948571D418D6F11E58E65B7673B190E at WAMEXCHANGE.walters.local> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Application Programming Interface for the Collection of the Walters Art Museum > > Allows Internet Developers and Software Programmers to Use Data About the > Museum's Collection > > The Walters Art Museum is pleased to announce the release of a new > application programming interface<http://api.thewalters.org/> (API). The new > API will allow for Internet developers and software programmers to query data > from the museum, whose Internet repository contains more than 10,000 digital > records of art and artifacts from the museum's collection. The records > include information about the artworks as well as digital images. The museum > created the API so developers and programmers can more easily create their > own applications that feature the museum's data and images. The data and > images are made available to the public under a public license that > facilitates reuse, even for commercial purposes, provided that the museum is > cited as the source. The project to build the Walters API was directed by > James Maza<http://thewalters.org/news/staff/maza.aspx>, Chief Technology > Officer; it was managed by Kate Blanch<mailto:kblanch at > thewalters.org?subject=Walters%20API>, Database A > dministrator and Dylan Kinnett<mailto:dkinnett at > thewalters.org?subject=Walters%20API>, Manager of Web and Social Media. The > API was produced in partnership with Cheshire Software > Solutions<http://www.infocss.com/>. > > The API and its documentation are available at > http://api.thewalters.org<http://api.thewalters.org/> > > Along with the release of this API, the Walters Art Museum will host its > second annual hackathon, Art Bytes > II<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-bytes-at-the-walters-tickets-9534980383>, > where technology and creative communities work together to build programs and > applications to enhance the museum experience for visitors. A prototype for > the API was developed during the first Art Bytes event. The upcoming ArtBytes > hackathon will be at the Walters Art Museum Friday, January 24-Sunday, > January 26, 2014. Technologists, innovators, scholars and artists will > coalesce into teams in the Walters' Sculpture Court to design and develop > their solutions. > > To register, visit > https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-bytes-at-the-walters-tickets-9534980383 > > Participants can suggest ideas and to vote on their favorite suggestions at > http://artbytes.uservoice.com/forums/164694-general > <http://artbytes.uservoice.com/forums/164694-general> > > About the Walters Museum > The Walters Art Museum is located in downtown Baltimore's historic Mount > Vernon Cultural District at North Charles and Centre Streets. At the time of > his death in 1931, museum founder Henry Walters left his entire collection of > art - including a legendary collection of illuminated medieval manuscripts > that is a national treasure - to the city of Baltimore. Between 1895 and > 1931, Walters collected around 730 codices. Its permanent collection > includes ancient art, medieval art and manuscripts, decorative objects, Asian > art and Old Master and 19th-century paintings. > ### > > > -- > Dylan Kinnett: Web & Social Media Manager at The Walters Art > Museum<http://www.thewalters.org/> > > contact | dkinnett at thewalters.org<mailto:dkinnett at thewalters.org> > 600 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 > social: > facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Walters-Art-Museum/6634368191>, > twitter<http://twitter.com/walters_museum>, > flickr<http://www.flickr.com/photos/walters-art-museum/sets/>, > youtube<http://www.youtube.com/user/waltersartmuseum>, > delicious<http://www.delicious.com/walters_art_museum> > ph: 410.547.9000 x278 | fax: 410.727.7591 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 18:02:33 +0000 > From: Dianne Dietrich <dd388 at cornell.edu> > To: "mcn-l at mcn.edu" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Subject: [MCN-L] Survey of new media research practices and > preferences > Message-ID: <CF05716F.2083C%dd388 at cornell.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear MCN: > > I'm writing to invite your participation in a digital media art preservation > project currently underway at Cornell University. This project aims to > develop scalable preservation strategies for complex, interactive, > born-digital media artworks, using the collections of Cornell's Rose Goldsen > Archive of New Media Art as a test bed. > > In developing a preservation framework that will address the needs of the > broadest range of archive users, we seek the input of artists, researchers, > educators, curators, and others who work with interactive digital artworks > and artifacts. Would you please take a few minutes to respond to this > questionnaire<https://cornell.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6mPEBGQWr2K4nmR> about > your practices? (https://cornell.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6mPEBGQWr2K4nmR) > Depending on your responses, we estimate that this questionnaire will take > 10-25 minutes to complete. > > Information about questionnaire results will be published and made available > to the broader media archives community. Read more about this preservation > initiative > here<http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/02/humanities-grant-helps-library-preserve-digital-art>, > or feel free to contact me at mir9 at cornell.edu<mailto:mir9 at > cornell.edu> for more information. > > Many thanks for your help with this investigation, and apologies for any > cross-postings. > > Yours on behalf of the project team, > > Madeleine Casad > Associate Curator, The Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Art > Curator for Digital Scholarship, DSPS > Cornell University Library > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 18:28:17 +0000 > From: Robb Detlefs <Robb at GALLERYSYSTEMS.COM> > To: "mcn-l at mcn.edu" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Subject: [MCN-L] Visual Resources Association?s Annual Conference: > March 12-15, 2014, Milwaukee, WI > Message-ID: > <C20E8685AA92E44FA7009B52A398071F14164537 at vgsml1.gallerysystems.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > > VRA: THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF IMAGE MEDIA PROFESSIONALS > > The Visual Resources Association<http://www.vraweb.org/index.html>?s 32nd > Annual Conference<http://www.vraweb.org/conferences/vra32/> will be held > March 12-15, 2014 at the historic Pfister Hotel in downtown in Milwaukee, > Wisconsin. Please take a moment to view the full > schedule<http://vra32.sched.org/>. Included here are some selected highlights > among many: > > * Sessions and case > studies<http://vra32.sched.org/overview/type/session#.Usb4s38vogM> covering > topics such as collaborative practices amongst both traditional and > nontraditional disciplines and within archival and special collections, > international copyright and resources, broadening professional roles, the > management of moving image collections, basic and advanced (RDF & LOD) > cataloging procedures, DAM implementation, expanding VRA Core 4 capabilities, > personal digital archiving, and more. > * Opening speaker, Philip Yenawine, Co-Founding Director, Visual Thinking > Strategies, 3/12. > * Exciting tours<http://vra32.sched.org/overview/type/tour#.UscKGH8vogM> > of the Harley-Davidson Museum & Design Archive, 3/12, and the Lakefront > Brewery, 3/15. > * Don?t miss out on networking opportunities provided by the Birds of a > Feather Lunches<http://vra32.sched.org/overview/type/networking#.Usb3E38vogN> > throughout the conference, and the Sponsors? Meet and Greet & Poster > Presentations<http://vra32.sched.org/event/d1d9c50aaa96d74b67c23b1477379e45#.Usb3d38vogM>, > 3/13. > * Honor associates at the Members & Awards Dinner, 3/13. > * Informative > workshops<http://vra32.sched.org/overview/type/workshop#.UtXsyY0VzwQ> (many > free for conference registrants) with limited participation, so don?t > postpone registration. > * Unwind with colleagues at the Friday Evening Drink ?n? Draw with > Stephanie Barenz (Pfister Hotel?s Artist in Residence), 3/14. > * Closing speaker, Matthew Israel, Director, The Art Genome Project at > Artsy, 3/15. > The online conference schedule allows for Sign up / Log > in<http://vra32.sched.org/signup#.UscCGH8vogM> via SCHED to connect with your > favorite social media sites, create custom schedules, and share interests > with fellow attendees. (Please note that you cannot register via SCHED.) > Search for ?vra32.sched.org<http://vra32.sched.org/>? on your mobile device > to download an app for the schedule so that you?ll have access at your > fingertips. > > So register<http://www.vraweb.org/conferences/vra32/registration/> now to > take advantage of reduced rate early bird fees before they end on February > 14th. Don?t miss out on this great opportunity! > > Questions? Please contact: info at vraweb.org<mailto:info at vraweb.org> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The Visual Resources Association is a multi-disciplinary, international > professional organization dedicated to furthering research and education in > the field of media management within the educational, cultural heritage, and > commercial environments. The Association is committed to providing leadership > in the visual resources field, developing and advocating standards, and > offering educational tools and activities, publication programs, and > opportunities for the benefit of the community at large. The Association > offers a forum for issues of vital concern to the field of digital and analog > curation, including: preservation of and access to digital and analog images > of media documenting visual culture; cataloging and classification standards > and practices; integration of technology-based instruction and research; > digital humanities; intellectual property policy; visual literacy and other > topics of interest to the field. Through collaboration, partnership, and > outreach with the b > roader information management, and educational, and scholarly communities, > the Association actively supports the primacy of visual information in > documenting and understanding humanity's shared cultural experience. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Elaine Paul, Director > Visual Resources Center > Department of Art & Art History > University of Colorado Boulder > 318 UCB | Boulder, CO 80309-0318 > http://cuart.colorado.edu/resources/vrc/<mailto:Elaine.Paul at > colorado.edu%3EElaine.Paul at > colorado.edu%3C/a%3E%20%7C%20303.492.6136%3Cbr%3E%0A%3Ca%20href=> > > President-Elect > Visual Resources Association<http://vraweb.org/> > > > > > Robb Detlefs | Director, West Coast Operations & Strategic Initiatives > GallerySystems | www.gallerysystems.com<http://www.gallerysystems.com/> > 3214 College Ave.; Berkeley, CA 94705 > robb at gallerysystems.com<mailto:robb at gallerysystems.com> | 510.652.8950 > x233 or 646.733.2239 x233 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 21:03:33 +0000 > From: Tamara Georgick <tgeorgick at wshs.wa.gov> > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Subject: [MCN-L] iPad kiosk with URL restrictions > Message-ID: > <E03C96BD2F2B2B42AF55CD549FA01A9543C84F25 at PAC0023.wshs.local> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Greetings-- > > If this topic is a rehash, can someone please point me to an archive of the > original question? I am looking for an app that will allow me to run an ipad > (version 2 if it matters) in kiosk mode. Aside from blocking access to other > apps and settings on the ipad, I need to point the browser at a searchable > web site and restrict access to half a dozen or so URLs. > > I was looking at eCrisper kiosk, which seems to have these features. Any > other suggestions? Thanks! > > Tamara Georgick > Director of Information Technology > Washington State Historical Society > 1911 Pacific Avenue > Tacoma, WA 98402 > > T: 253.798.5889 > M: 360.561.3982 > F: 253.272.9518 > > tamara.georgick at wshs.wa.gov<mailto:tgeorgick at wshs.wa.gov> > www.washingtonhistory.org > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 21:15:58 +0000 > From: "Dehan, Jonathan" <Jonathan.Dehan at metmuseum.org> > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] iPad kiosk with URL restrictions > Message-ID: <6280EF39-1CEE-4395-971B-F558577225DC at metmuseum.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > We?ve been using Kiosk Pro http://www.kioskproapp.com , and that works pretty > well. You can define settings in app or as an xml file, and set it up for > updates (configuration and content updates). It?s got a ton of features so > navigating them all the first time might take a while but I?ve generally been > happy with it. > > - Jonathan Dahan > > Media Technology Developer > Metropolitan Museum of Art > > On Jan 22, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Tamara Georgick <tgeorgick at wshs.wa.gov> wrote: > >> Greetings-- >> >> If this topic is a rehash, can someone please point me to an archive of the >> original question? I am looking for an app that will allow me to run an >> ipad (version 2 if it matters) in kiosk mode. Aside from blocking access to >> other apps and settings on the ipad, I need to point the browser at a >> searchable web site and restrict access to half a dozen or so URLs. >> >> I was looking at eCrisper kiosk, which seems to have these features. Any >> other suggestions? Thanks! >> >> Tamara Georgick >> Director of Information Technology >> Washington State Historical Society >> 1911 Pacific Avenue >> Tacoma, WA 98402 >> >> T: 253.798.5889 >> M: 360.561.3982 >> F: 253.272.9518 >> >> tamara.georgick at wshs.wa.gov<mailto:tgeorgick at wshs.wa.gov> >> www.washingtonhistory.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 at mcn.edu >> >> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >> http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >> >> The MCN-L archives can be found at: >> http://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 16:21:08 -0500 > From: Ed Rodley <ed_rodley at pem.org> > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] iPad kiosk with URL restrictions > Message-ID: > <CABQkY_nn-YF=8TH96HBQ5A+Kgsy5SwekXJEskz2yBbS=HHSM+A at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Ditto on the Kiosk Pro comment. We use it on all our iPads. It works pretty > well. > > Best, > Ed > > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Dehan, Jonathan < > Jonathan.Dehan at metmuseum.org> wrote: > >> We?ve been using Kiosk Pro http://www.kioskproapp.com , and that works >> pretty well. You can define settings in app or as an xml file, and set it >> up for updates (configuration and content updates). It?s got a ton of >> features so navigating them all the first time might take a while but I?ve >> generally been happy with it. >> >> - Jonathan Dahan >> >> Media Technology Developer >> Metropolitan Museum of Art >> >> On Jan 22, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Tamara Georgick <tgeorgick at wshs.wa.gov> >> wrote: >> >>> Greetings-- >>> >>> If this topic is a rehash, can someone please point me to an archive of >> the original question? I am looking for an app that will allow me to run >> an ipad (version 2 if it matters) in kiosk mode. Aside from blocking >> access to other apps and settings on the ipad, I need to point the browser >> at a searchable web site and restrict access to half a dozen or so URLs. >>> >>> I was looking at eCrisper kiosk, which seems to have these features. >> Any other suggestions? Thanks! >>> >>> Tamara Georgick >>> Director of Information Technology >>> Washington State Historical Society >>> 1911 Pacific Avenue >>> Tacoma, WA 98402 >>> >>> T: 253.798.5889 >>> M: 360.561.3982 >>> F: 253.272.9518 >>> >>> tamara.georgick at wshs.wa.gov<mailto:tgeorgick at wshs.wa.gov> >>> www.washingtonhistory.org >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 at mcn.edu >>> >>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>> http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >>> >>> The MCN-L archives can be found at: >>> http://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 at mcn.edu >> >> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >> http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >> >> The MCN-L archives can be found at: >> http://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/ >> > > > > -- > Ed Rodley > Associate Director of Integrated Media > > *Peabody Essex Museum *East India Square > Salem, MA 01970 > Office 978 542 1849 > @erodley > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 16:34:33 -0500 > From: Eric Longo <eric at mcn.edu> > To: MCN-L <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Subject: [MCN-L] FREE MCN Pro Workshop: February 18! > Message-ID: > <CABMmy_TMw4iy8L0qVc1qE_MeCwDw22QfErD2u_YkpzPrAp6nPA at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > What?s up with MCN Pro? > > Welcome to 2014, it's a new year and we are taking the opportunity to think > about how we can improve the MCN Pro series for you. We're currently > refining our approach so that you can continue to have great opportunities > throughout the year to develop your skills and be part of the wider MCN > community. > > Join us for this FREE MCN Pro workshop: > > ?Getting the Hang of Google Hangout for Museum Applications? > > Date: Tuesday February 18, 3:00-4:30pm Eastern Time (90 minutes). > > Presented by: Scott Sayre of Sandbox Studios and MCN Board Member, and Ryan > Dodge, Social Media Coordinator at the Royal Ontario Museum, and co-chair > of MCN?s Social Media Special Interest Group. > > Overview > > This workshop is designed for museum technologists interested in using > Google Hangouts as a free tool for producing, delivering and archiving > sophisticated museum webcasts. Topics will cover best practices from setup > and promotion through analytics as well as creative approaches to engaging > large and small audiences. > > Platform > > The workshop will be conducted via a Google Hangout, to allow all > participants to get the feel of the user and producer experience. > > Here is the link to connect to the hangout via Google+ > https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/103660051096335401334/events/c8slaf2g3p5pst8p4mqurgquid8 > > When the Hangout is live, it will stream directly on the MCN youtube > channel so people without a Google+ profile can watch there as well: > http://www.youtube.com/museumcn/ > > You can also watch the hangout on the MCN Pro website: *http://mcnpro.org/ > <http://mcnpro.org/>* > > Tell Us! > > MCN would love to hear from you. Share your ideas for future MCN Pro > content or topics, format (workshops, lectures, or other), or other ways to > improve the program. Email us at mcnpro at mcn.edu or share your thoughts on > Twitter (use #MCNPro), Facebook, or LinkedIn. > > Thank you. > > ----- > Eric Longo > Executive Director > Museum Computer Network <http://www.mcn.edu/> > O: +1-888-211-1477 x801 > M: +1-917-740-6631 > eric at mcn.edu > > Help ease email overload <http://emailcharter.org/>. > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > mcn-l mailing list > mcn-l at mcn.edu > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > End of mcn-l Digest, Vol 101, Issue 13 > **************************************
