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Re: Digital Trends in Museums 2013 presentation
June 6, 2013 - 12:01pmHi Robert, Nick
I don't know if this directly relates to the points being made here, but it reminded me how struck I was by Lizzy Jongma's talk about the Rijksmuseum online at a recent Glam wiki event, and how the virtual/digital experience of art can in some cases surpass the physical experience in the physical space. She makes this point in the video of her talk available at https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI_2013/Schedule#Fri-Jongma from about 13mins in. Lizzy admits that when she saw one of the paintings in real life for the first time when the museum opened recently, she found she was [...]
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Re: Digital Trends in Museums 2013 presentation
June 6, 2013 - 11:12amDear Robert,
Many thanks for your response. As ever, you raise a very useful and interesting point!
To me, the greatest strength of digital content is also one of its most significant challenges - which is its essential non-linearity. The power of the hyperlink opens up the capability for everything to connect to everything else. This unlocks tremendous opportunities to create new relationships between bodies of knowledge, but it creates an immense challenge in creating coherent experiences for users. [...]
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Re: Digital Trends in Museums 2013 presentation
June 6, 2013 - 10:41amRobert
Re re-imaging books in the digital age, you may be interested in work the Tate have been doing with Transforming the Artists Book: http://www.tate.org.uk/about/projects/transforming-artist-books
Also the work done by Liz Neely at the Art Institute of Chicago called Beyond the Printed Page: http://digitalpublishingbliki.com
Regards
Michael
www.ebooktreasures.org - the greatest books in the world on iPad and Windows 8
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Re: Digital Trends in Museums 2013 presentation
June 6, 2013 - 10:32amTo me as a curator, and I think to several others of my colleagues the central question remains, how can one create a real work of art analoguous to the wonders of a book in a previous age using a combination of digital resources and textual interpretation. The book was essentially a text based medium and the coffee-table book relied on images of beautiful things. The digital media enable the really smart and illuminating cross-relationships of different digital things and text as well. With the possibility of user engagement. That makes the museum a much more central to the new [...]
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Digital Trends in Museums 2013 presentation
June 6, 2013 - 9:28amDear colleague,
I thought you might be interested in a new presentation on 'Digital
Trends in UK Museums 2013' which we have just posted to Slideshare -
http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/discover/sustaining-digital/1938-digit
al-trends-in-museums-2013.
The presentation was developed for a meeting with Oxford ASPIRE, and we
would really welcome your views and comments. Have we captured the main
current issues? What have we missed? [...]
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Museums at Night venue survey - how can we improve the festival next year?
June 6, 2013 - 6:45am*Apologies for cross-posting!*
If your organisation ran a Museums at Night event this year, we're very keen to get your feedback: what worked well, and what could we improve about the festival next year?
Please take a few minutes to fill in our venue survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GS2KMX9 - you could win a £50 Amazon voucher! [...]
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Re: Audio Recording Devices
June 6, 2013 - 3:40amDear Sarah,
MCG list is a good place to ask, and I see you have had some good responses. With my MCG committee member hat on, I welcome you to just ask away, even if you're not sure or can't be precise about framing your question. This is encouraged - this is an open support community!
There's more than 1000 knowledgeable person who will either answer it or send you in the right direction. [...]
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Re: Flickr Pro as a DAM, with Flickr API CMS integration [UNCLASSIFIED]
June 5, 2013 - 1:46pmIn effect I already use Flickr as my primary means of sharing my own
personal collection of vintage images and have also hacked a few
things with the API, especially with Flickr Commons. That has given me
enough experience to echo much of the above - it's feasible but not
really advisable as a primary store. That said it has certainly has
proven itself as a place to share images in its own right, and via the
API on your own site. [...]
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Re: Flickr Pro as a DAM, with Flickr API CMS integration [UNCLASSIFIED]
June 5, 2013 - 1:05pmYes but that's just nonsense, isn't it?
What else is Flickr for if not content distribution? (Flickr Commons doubly so).
Jo
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Subject: Re: Flickr Pro as a DAM, with Flickr API CMS integration
On 5 Jun 2013, at 17:31, HARRIS TONY wrote:
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> This might sound a bit crazy, so please bear with me, but has anyone ever thought of using Flickr Pro as a digital asset management system, then using the Flickr API to integrate with your collections [...]
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Re: Flickr Pro as a DAM, with Flickr API CMS integration
June 5, 2013 - 1:02pmOn 5 Jun 2013, at 17:31, HARRIS TONY wrote:
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> This might sound a bit crazy, so please bear with me, but has anyone ever thought of using Flickr Pro as a digital asset management system, then using the Flickr API to integrate with your collections management system? Is this even possible? Have you any experience of using Flickr as a DAM? [...]
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Re: Flickr Pro as a DAM, with Flickr API CMS integration
June 5, 2013 - 12:44pmHi Tony
We did something very experimental for an exhibition which approached this:
www.wellcomecollection.org/things
Which uses Flickr as a backend for 300+ object images and data in the 'calendar of things' via the API
I wrote a paper about it for Electronic Visualisation and the Arts, which is here:
http://ewic.bcs.org/upload/pdf/ewic_ev11_s2paper3.pdf
There were some sticky moments with authentication but by and large it wasn't bad. [...]
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Re: Flickr Pro as a DAM, with Flickr API CMS integration [UNCLASSIFIED]
June 5, 2013 - 12:42pm> Initial problem I could see: Flickr is a bit flakey.
Seconded: I wouldn't rely on this for anything 'primary'. As a sort of content delivery network for delivering surrogate images this could be quite a good / cheap rouse actually -- but I'd need few strong beverages before I considered Flickr (whether Pro or not) for anything archival. [...]
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Re: Flickr Pro as a DAM, with Flickr API CMS integration [UNCLASSIFIED]
June 5, 2013 - 12:38pmHi Tony,
We have experimented with this a little. We used machine tags to generate a unique reference for each image which can be related back to our catalogue. We haven't implemented the results but it does work and the benefit for us is displaying the full set of images of a piece (i.e a box of photos) not catalogued to item level. [...]
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Flickr Pro as a DAM, with Flickr API CMS integration
June 5, 2013 - 12:31pmThis might sound a bit crazy, so please bear with me, but has anyone ever thought of using Flickr Pro as a digital asset management system, then using the Flickr API to integrate with your collections management system? Is this even possible? Have you any experience of using Flickr as a DAM? [...]
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Vacancy: New Media Developer, Science Museum, £25,000 - £28,000 per annum
June 5, 2013 - 12:24pmDear MCG'ers
The Science Museum, London, a world-renowned Museum that brings to life the history of science, technology and medicine, is seeking a highly motivated New Media professional.
Would you like to join our New Media team, contributing to the development of our awe-inspiring and award winning exhibitions and galleries?
We are looking for a talented individual who has a passion for New Media. The role demands creative and technical expertise for the development of digital exhibits (e.g. Flash, HTML 5). We would like to meet someone who believes digital interpretation is an exciting way to explain stories, ideas, people [...]
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Re: Audio Recording Devices
June 5, 2013 - 11:45amI can endorse Zoom. Just bought a recording kit for oral history on the go,
recording events, and in the field. A Zoom H1 plus Audio Technica omni
directional condenser lavalier microphone. Can also be used to record audio
when film recording with a hotshoe adaptor for your camera. Will get some
45mm windshields for outdoors for it. Cost very reasonable (c. £110 for the
lot). [...]
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Re: Audio Recording Devices
June 5, 2013 - 11:42amI would second the Zoom products. Have used them for oral histories in the past, sound quality is great. Also check out iBeaken for QR codes system that could facilitate your trail audio for iphones. Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android
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Re: Audio Recording Devices
June 5, 2013 - 11:20amHello,
We always recommend the Zoom products. Fantastic results. We use these items for training and recording. Best advice though on the Oral History Society website.
Rgds
Richard
Richard Mark Le Saux
Senior Keeper, Keeper of Local History & Archaeology
4-5 Pavilion Buildings
Brighton
BN1 1EE
01273 292856
richard.lesaux@brighton-hove.gov.uk
www.brighton-hove-pavilion.org.uk
www.brighton-hove-museums.org.uk
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Re: Audio Recording Devices
June 5, 2013 - 10:34amHi Sarah
For Android devices I would recommend TapeMachine Recorder (it may or may
not exist in iTunes Store). I have used this on a variety of phones for as
a cheap substitute for an industry standard digital microphone (such as as
the DRM85) and have found it to work brilliantly. There is a nice live
waveform when recording (to monitor clipping and background noise) and has
some basic editing features. If, however, the audio is to be recorded
outdoors and requires the clarity of speech without noise pollution then a
good quality digital mic (such as the aforementioned DRM85) [...]
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