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How technology benefits learning
June 8, 2013 - 9:36amHello, I am currently doing a masters in museum studies and this seems to be a great place to find out information. I was wondering if anybody could point me in the direction of information that shows the importance of technology in museum learning with particular focus on young children and young adults. Any help would be extremely grateful.
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'Giving up the Archive?' study day - Full Programme
June 8, 2013 - 7:15amWe now have full details of our programme for the 1 July 'Giving up the Archive?' study day on the archives of arts organisations - see details and information on booking below:
Giving up the archive?
Reflections on the creation, examination and dissemination of arts organisations’ archives.
Many arts organisations are interested in locating and exploring their archival heritage. What are the driving forces behind this interest? How much archive material survives, where and in what condition? What can archives tell us about the history of these organisations and how important are they to their contemporary activities? This study day [...]
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"Dear Museums: embrace mobile" response
June 7, 2013 - 1:54pmHi all,
You might be interested in our (ME:CA's) article on the Guardian Culture Professional blog responding to last week's open letter calling for museums to do more to embrace mobile. The original piece seemed to stir up quite a bit of controversy on twitter and in the comments, would be interested in people's thoughts on our response http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture-professionals-network/culture-professionals-blog/2013/jun/07/mobile-museums-audience-experience-technology. [...]
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Re: Free Use of Museum Images
June 7, 2013 - 1:32pmHi Colin. Today we have 71919 items on the website with 1 or more images available under our non-commercial licence (http://www.iwm.org.uk/corporate/privacy-copyright/licence), which is based on the OGL and allows free non-commercial, no derivatives use. There are a lot more on the way as we work through the digitisation of tens of thousands of photographs from the First World War. There are also 766 films and 9649 sound recordings under the same licence. [...]
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Free Use of Museum Images
June 7, 2013 - 1:21pmDear all,
I am conducting some research into museums which offer free downloads of
digital images from their collections for reuse for personal or educational
use.
I would like to know what museums you know that allow free non-commercial
downloads. I have a small list already and I would like to make that list as
comprehensive as possible. [...]
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Job opportunity: Assistant Editor (Digital Media)
June 7, 2013 - 8:28amHi all,
I have a great job opportunity for a skilled editor with digital experience
who is looking to work in the arts.
Come and join the Digital Media team here at the National Gallery, London
and help us transform the way global audiences can engage with our
world-class collection.
This role will have opportunities to work across online, mobile and
in-gallery projects. [...]
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Box office systems
June 7, 2013 - 8:06amHey all
What are you using for box office systems, if anything? Would be interested in hearing good/bad stories and in particular how things integrate or don't with the web..
thanks in advance!
Mike
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Re: Digital Trends in Museums 2013 presentation
June 7, 2013 - 7:20amWe are addressing one of Manovich's ideas of creating narrative trails
through databases (online collections) through our work on the FP7-funded
PATHS project, which some of you may find interesting. In our first
prototype we provided tools for creating linear trails, and in the second
one about to be evaluated, we offer tools which support branching, and
potentially multiple routes through. The paths/trails can be created by
end-users, or curated by professionals, and we are also researching
techniques for automatically-generated trails. Demos and opportunities to
participate in field trials will be forthcoming, but in the meantime,
please feel to get [...]
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Re: Digital Trends in Museums 2013 presentation
June 7, 2013 - 5:13amThe hyperlink is surely at its heart a totally non-linear means of navigating anything? I mean, that's the whole point of a hyperlink, no?
Back in the early days we talked about how we'd "lose" people from "our site" if we linked to them. Nowadays (I hope) we've realised that people will do that anyway if our stuff isn't good enough. It's in the nature of the way the web works. Long stretches of narrative that *don't* have links - whether internal or external - feel weird. [...]
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Re: Digital Trends in Museums 2013 presentation
June 7, 2013 - 4:55amI guess the challenge is to provide content with a structure that is reactive to specific contexts. Is the problem then about how to maintain the narrative flow so it continues to make sense as the user changes course?
Like a DJ.
A DJ will pick up on the audience response and keep a flow going ( either on the rhythm, theme or versions ) until they either decide to shift the mood or the audience specifically requests something different. [...]
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Re: Digital Trends in Museums 2013 presentation
June 7, 2013 - 3:56amA great set of slides.
I hope I'm not being thick here but I'm interested in the digital benchmarks tool. As far as I can tell the presentation only gives an example of how to score for Strategy.
Is there anything that explains the tool in more detail?
Cheers
Perry
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Re: Writing for mobile devices
June 6, 2013 - 2:21pmThank you so much, I appreciate your suggestions!
Kim
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Re: Writing for mobile devices
June 6, 2013 - 2:13pmsorry, I forgot to link the Sandy's website ;-) http://sgscripts.net (She presented at the Museum&Mobile) marco -- Dr. Marco Mason Marie Curie fellow at MIT Science, Technology, and Society Program in Boston and the School of Museum Studies in Leicester. marcomason.mit.edu ________________________________________ From: Museums Computer Group [MCG@jiscmail.ac.uk] on behalf of Colin Hynson [hynson.nash@NTLWORLD.COM] Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 2:05 PM To: MCG@jiscmail.ac.uk Subject: Re: Writing for mobile devices Kim, Loic Tallon is the person for this. He helps to organise Museums and Mobile conference. All the best, Colin Hynson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fisher, Kim" To: Sent: [...]
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Re: Writing for mobile devices
June 6, 2013 - 2:05pmKim,
Loic Tallon is the person for this. He helps to organise Museums and Mobile
conference.
All the best,
Colin Hynson
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Hi everyone,
I was wondering whether anyone has come across any good articles or books
that deal with writing text for mobile devices? [...]
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Re: Writing for mobile devices
June 6, 2013 - 1:55pmHi Kim, maybe here you can find some sources for references. Sandy is great! Bye! marco -- Dr. Marco Mason Marie Curie fellow at MIT Science, Technology, and Society Program in Boston and the School of Museum Studies in Leicester. marcomason.mit.edu ________________________________________ From: Museums Computer Group [MCG@jiscmail.ac.uk] on behalf of Fisher, Kim [Kim.Fisher@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK] Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 1:48 PM To: MCG@jiscmail.ac.uk Subject: Writing for mobile devices Hi everyone, I was wondering whether anyone has come across any good articles or books that deal with writing text for mobile devices? Or does anyone have any experience/hints & tips for writing [...]
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Writing for mobile devices
June 6, 2013 - 1:48pmHi everyone,
I was wondering whether anyone has come across any good articles or books that deal with writing text for mobile devices?
Or does anyone have any experience/hints & tips for writing tours for digital devices such as the iPad?
Thanks,
Kim
Sent from my iPhone
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Re: Digital Trends in Museums 2013 presentation
June 6, 2013 - 1:42pmHi Peter
I entirely agree and indeed Manovitch is a great inspiration.The reference to the 1950s debate is a most interesting parallel of which I did not know.
Best
Robert
Dr Robert Bud
Sarton Professor, 2012-2013, University of Ghent
Keeper of Science and Medicine
The Science Museum, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2DD
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Re: Digital Trends in Museums 2013 presentation
June 6, 2013 - 1:13pmThis discussion reminds me of the database (as symbolic form) vs narrative ideas of Lev Manovich and co with their new media theories. It always struck me that it's possible to have hybrids - narrative runs within a database form.
Interestingly, when offset litho printing made coffee table books possible (most notably pioneered by developing a close collaboration of authors, typesetters, photographers, graphic designers and printers at Thames & Hudson in the 1950s), similar discussions about the place of narrative and random access of images/information appeared in the press. [...]
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Re: Digital Trends in Museums 2013 presentation
June 6, 2013 - 12:33pmDear Nick
I entirely agree with the argument that the linearity of the digital is different from that of books. However I would suggest that there is an opportunity exists to create semi-linear products which share key characteristics with museum exhibits.
The user of the digital narrative will follow short sections of narrative before then branching off in some cross-linked direction. That is actually quite similar to the museum visitor who follows a short run of cases before something else catches the eye. That gives the museum curator a role not just as a resource provider but also as a [...]
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Re: Digital Trends in Museums 2013 presentation
June 6, 2013 - 12:08pm... it was the same GLAM wiki event you mention below here Nick of course.
Adrian
On 6 Jun 2013, at 17:01, Adrian Stevenson wrote:
> Hi 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 [...]
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