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Re: Audio Recording Devices
June 5, 2013 - 10:29amHi Sarah,
We have written a bunch of guides on using digital media which will give
you lots of tips at http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/creating
I'm sure others will provide links to their own personal fav devices. Be
sure to read about preparation to get a good recording as this is critical
in addition to having suitable devices, which used badly become worthless. [...]
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Re: Audio Recording Devices
June 5, 2013 - 10:28amHi Sarah,
Park = ?
"sound quality as professional as possible" means?
Lower range professional sound recording devices -= ?
Hint: by asking precise questions, you max the chance of getting best answers :) !
Bon chance!
Jerry - Snr Internal Auditor
Historic Royal Palaces
Hampton Court
Surrey
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From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:MCG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Sarah Glover
Sent: 05 June 2013 15:11
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Subject: Audio Recording Devices [...]
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Audio Recording Devices
June 5, 2013 - 10:10amHi there,
I am not sure if this is the right place to ask this question, however, it
seems to be the most appropriate of all my e-newsletters! Some of you may
have seen my post today on the GEM newsletter, asking in general about
community audio trails. I am an MA student at the IoE in Museums and
Galleries in Education and am embarking on my final course project for
which I am looking into and would like to create my own community audio
trail for a park. I would like the sound quality to sound as professional
as [...]
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Re: Comparative web stats
June 4, 2013 - 11:40amGood point...
I think we are basically looking for annual figures for the number of visitors +/or number of visits and number of page hits to the organisations main website.
Thanks
Linda
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From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:MCG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Jerry Symonds
Sent: 04 June 2013 13:14
To: MCG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: Comparative web stats
Hi Linda,
It would help if you gave us an idea of what kind of stats you are looking for ;) ! [...]
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Re: Comparative web stats
June 4, 2013 - 8:33amMuseum Analytics is quite useful for social media (Facebook/Twitter) stats.
They do have website stats, but unfortunately only for 2011.
http://www.museum-analytics.org/
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From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:MCG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of HARRIS TONY
Sent: 04 June 2013 13:31
To: MCG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: Comparative web stats
You should be able to find this on data.gov.uk as DCMS publishes web stats for all its NDPBs. [...]
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Re: Comparative web stats
June 4, 2013 - 8:31amYou should be able to find this on data.gov.uk as DCMS publishes web stats for all its NDPBs.
Tony Harris
New Media Officer & Photographer
Government Art Collection
0044 (0)20 7580 9123
www.gac.culture.gov.uk
www.facebook.com/governmentartcollection
www.youtube.com/user/GACpodcasts
Revealed: Government Art Collection brings together nearly 200 works spanning the breadth of the Collection from 16th century to the present at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery until 24 February 2013 and then touring to Ulster Museum, Belfast from 15 March to 9 June 2013. Find out more at www.gac.culture.gov.uk [...]
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Re: Comparative web stats
June 4, 2013 - 8:14amHi Linda,
It would help if you gave us an idea of what kind of stats you are looking for ;) !
Regards,
Jerry - Snr. Internal Auditor
Historic Royal Palaces
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From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:MCG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Linda Ellis
Sent: 04 June 2013 13:06
To: MCG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Comparative web stats
I have been asked by my manager to provide web stats for similar arts and museum organisations for benchmarking. Is any of this information available publicly?? [...]
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Comparative web stats
June 4, 2013 - 8:06amI have been asked by my manager to provide web stats for similar arts and museum organisations for benchmarking. Is any of this information available publicly??
Linda Ellis
Digital Projects Officer
WAVE: The museums, galleries and archives of Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Lichfield Street
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV1 1DU
tel. 01902 552 040
fax. 01902 552 053
www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk
www.blackcountryhistory.org.uk
www.blackcountryprints.org.uk
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Vcancy: digital designer, British Museum
June 4, 2013 - 7:40amWe are looking to recruit a Web/Digital Designer to work in the Web Team within the Digital Media and Publishing Department.
Salary: £26,476 per annum pro rata
Contract: Fixed Term contract; 6 months - 18 hours per week (2.5 days a week) (Part Time)
You will be working with the content team and web developers to create beautiful and compelling pages for the Museum's website and other digital material (including e-marketing and digital signage). You will be working with the Museum's New Visual Language and digital experience guidelines and should have experience of using similar brand guidelines for web and [...]
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Re: Freebase for museum collections
June 3, 2013 - 12:23pmHi Martin,
We are using Freebase quite extensively in our project,
DECIPHER.
We use their Suggest API to improve the metadata for various fields like
Location and People. While I can't answer for its availability at least the
data in it is fully open under the CC-BY licence. see
https://developers.google.com/freebase/data.
All the best,
Eoin.
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Re: Come and celebrate your failure with us!
June 3, 2013 - 8:21amHi all,
just a quick reminder that people attending the Museum Informatics
event tomorrow and any museumy locals who fancy a drink and a chat
will be gathering at Brigantes in York tonight for a bit of
#drinkingaboutmuseums.
If you're curious about the Failure Swapshop (but perhaps slightly
scared of this strange new thing), drop me a line or chat to me
tonight. For more information, see
http://www.alukeonlife.com/2013/02/22/failure-swapshop-barcampnfp-edition/
but the basic format is a bit like AA: [...]
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Re: Freebase for museum collections
June 3, 2013 - 8:16amFrankie Roberto and I had variously played around with different
things (exhibitions, biographical data related to objects) but I've
been a bit wary about relying on Freebase as I'm not sure what
Google's plans for it are - it was down for a few days a while ago,
and they didn't seem to respond to questions, which didn't bode well. [...]
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Digital Projects Officer Post
June 3, 2013 - 5:33amDigital Projects Officer
Organisation: Hampshire County Council
Salary: £29,895 - £33,648 per annum
Location: Hampshire, Winchester
Hours: 37 hrs per week
Type of Contract: Temporary to March 2015
Closing Date : 9 June 2013
Interview Date(s): W/c 17 June and w/c 24 June 2013
This is a unique opportunity to put your creativity and experience of digital projects management and development to test and lead a new area of work in the museum services! [...]
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Research Seminar
May 31, 2013 - 12:34pmRESEARCH SEMINAR II - Audiences, Visitors, Users
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Seeking 20 beta testers from museums to help evaluate a new platform & app
May 31, 2013 - 11:35amDear MCG'ers,
The Collections Trust is seeking 20 volunteers from UK museums to
beta-test a new platform and mobile application (Windows 8, iOS and
Android) that we will be launching to the sector at the OpenCulture
conference reception on the 2nd July.
The testing should only take a few minutes and it would really help us
fine-tune the offer before it goes live. [...]
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Freebase for museum collections
May 31, 2013 - 7:48amHas anyone come across, used or designed Freebase schemas for museum objects? I am interested in investigating Freebase's brand of version control and how this could be applied to collections data (initially with a small test set of records).
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Free webinars
May 30, 2013 - 4:18pmDear all,
The IMLS is offering two free webinars on the use of digital images in
museum exhibitions. You can find details here:
http://www.imls.gov/webwise_reprise_2013_free_online_webinars.aspx
2.00pm EDT is 6.00pm GMT.
All the best,
Colin Hynson
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Show your support for #AllezCulture - the campaign to defend Europeana's EU funding
May 30, 2013 - 9:34amDear colleague,
I am writing to invite you to get involved in #AllezCulture, a new
campaign to encourage the European Commission to commit to ongoing
support for Europeana (www.europeana.eu) and its community of GLAMs
across Europe under the current EU budget round.
Europeana is included under the 'CEF' funding programme, where it faces
stiff competition from a range of agendas including e-Health, e-Justice
and a Safer Internet. While these are all important causes, it is
equally important that our community makes its voice heard to protect
the past 5 years of investment in digital cultural programmes across
Europe and to [...]
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Engaging Visitors Through Play
May 30, 2013 - 3:43amHi All
The MCG are running their spring event 'Engaging Visitors Through Play' this afternoon in Belfast. For those of you that can't join us here in Belfast you can watch the event live on ustream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/centre-for-media-research
#MCGPlay
11:45 Registration (Tea, Coffee and Sandwiches)
12:00 Welcome and Introductions
12:10: Digital Challenges. Digital Opportunities: Mia Ridge, Chair, Museums Computer Group 12:30 Panel 1 - Play: A Northern Ireland ShowcaseChaired by Nico Fell, AV Browne GroupImmersive Theatre and Digital Experience: Lyndsey Jackson, General Manager, KaboshLearning to Play: Hack days, rapid prototyping and digitally mediated solutions:Oonagh Murphy PhD Researcher, University of UlsterMy NI [...]
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Come and celebrate your failure with us!
May 29, 2013 - 9:51amThe MCG are hosting a Failure Swapshop and we'd like to invite you be part of it!
The Swapshop is a light-hearted way for us to learn from each other and where the emphasis is not on the failure itself, but on what happened next. We're looking for two or three people willing to share what you learnt from a business, personal or technical failure with a friendly and supportive group of fellow professionals. The Swapshop will be a small part of the pub meet-up the evening before the Collections Trust & MCG Museum Informatics event http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/events/museum-informatics-event [...]
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