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Digital Project Management workshop
May 28, 2013 - 12:41pmNeed help managing a digital project? Want some support, advice, practical tips? I'm running a digital project management workshop with Charlotte Sexton, Head of Digital Media at the National Gallery and with Culture24. This workshop will provide a toolkit for delivery of digital projects in cultural organisations encompassing both strategic and tactical approaches. [...]
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More jobs @Culture24
May 28, 2013 - 10:48amDear MCG-ers (with apologies for cross-posting)
Culture24 are recruiting. Maybe you saw the mention two weeks ago that
we are looking for a Network and Listings Coordinator? Full details of
that are still live here: http://bit.ly/YEz8po Deadline is 5th June.
Well, we are now also looking for an Office and Finance Manager as we
say goodbye to the lovely Tessa after nearly five years. So if you are
a finance wizard with a love of the arts and a passion for numbers and
order then take a look here: http://bit.ly/wt6dj7 Deadline is 19th
June. [...]
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Workshop - Users, fans and followers: Engaging with museums, galleries and heritage via social media | 7 June 2013, Newcastle upon Tyne
May 28, 2013 - 10:07amDear all,
We would like to invite you to take part in the Workshop 'Users, fans and followers: Engaging with museums, galleries and heritage sites via social media', to be held on 7 June 2013, from 10.30am to 4pm, at the Great North Museum Hancock, in Newcastle upon Tyne.
This one-day workshop will bring together university researchers, policy makers and museum, gallery and heritage practitioners to discuss digital cultural engagement in the sector. The event is funded by the AHRC Cultural Engagement Fund and is organised by the International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies (ICCHS) at Newcastle University, in [...]
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Vacancy: EU Projects Officer (fixed-term, 6 months), £24k pro-rata, London-based
May 28, 2013 - 5:20amDear MCG'ers,
I am pleased to announce that the Collections Trust is advertising a 6-month, fixed-term contract for a European Projects Officer to join our busy team, based at the Natural History Museum in Kensington, London.
The role is an exciting opportunity to work with the Collections Trust on a range of cutting-edge projects using technology to open up museum, library and archive collections for use and enjoyment by the public. Although initially a fixed-term post, there may be the opportunity to extend beyond this depending on performance. [...]
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CfP 2nd SUEDL Workshop at TPDL 2013
May 24, 2013 - 10:54amApologies for cross-posting
Please forward to interested colleagues
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Re: Video conference/conferencing [Scanned]
May 24, 2013 - 8:19amHi John, Thanks for the info, very useful feedback for many I suspect.
Tony
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We have been looking at this as well - we've trialled Google Hangouts over a 20Mb connection and using the in-built option to 'broadcast' live to YouTube. The results have not been great, with a 2-3 minute delay on the YT live feed and very jerky framerate. [...]
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LinkedUp Veni Competition: Linked and Open Data for Education
May 24, 2013 - 7:56amSome of you may be interested in the LinkedUp competition (details
below) using linked and/or open data for educational purposes. Note that
museum data can be used in this way and Europeana is potential data set.
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Re: Video conference/conferencing [Scanned]
May 24, 2013 - 6:23amWe have been looking at this as well - we've trialled Google Hangouts over a 20Mb connection and using the in-built option to 'broadcast' live to YouTube. The results have not been great, with a 2-3 minute delay on the YT live feed and very jerky framerate.
John Benfield
User Experience Manager
Royal Shakespeare Company
01789 272351
07825 397387
www.rsc.org.uk
P Please consider the environment before printing this email. [...]
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Re: Video conference/conferencing
May 24, 2013 - 4:06amIssues about privacy and tax will pale into insignificance when you realise that Google Hangouts let you wear a virtual hat
http://www.markoneill.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/google+hangout.png
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Re: Video conference/conferencing
May 23, 2013 - 6:07pmOn May 23, 2013 7:35 PM, "HARRIS TONY"
wrote:
>
> Can anyone recommend a simple and cheap/free way of having a live
'broadcast' feed of a conference available to remote users via a web
connection? I suppose a kind of video conference solution via the web.
> Regards
> Tony Harris
The weakest link will be the sound quality; you'll need to use proper
microphones if the remote audience are to be able to hear clearly what is
said.
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Re: Video conference/conferencing
May 23, 2013 - 3:27pmAnd replying for myself - first, insert the usual 'not everyone wants
to use Google Hangouts' statement, whether over privacy, 'all the eggs
in one basket' concerns, their tax stance or whatever...
Secondly, a plea to consider the quality of the experience for the
online viewer! For example, the Institute for Historical Research sets
up a chat and a slide window alongside the video of the speaker and a
twitter hashtag, and they regularly post to say which slide is on the
screen in the room (if it's not visible on the video feed). It sounds
like a lot of [...]
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Fwd: Video conference/conferencing
May 23, 2013 - 2:51pmThis got caught in the spam filter...
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Marieke Guy
> Date: 23 May 2013 18:43:10 BST
> To: Museums Computer Group
> Cc: HARRIS TONY
> Subject: Re: Video conference/conferencing
>
> Hi Tony,
>
> There are lots of different ways to do this, it really depends on the quality of streaming you want and how much you want to pay.
>
> I wrote a blog post a while back on different approaches you can take:
> http://remoteworker.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/business-models-for-video-streaming/
>
> Good luck!
>
> Marieke
>
>
> On 23/05/2013 [...]
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Re: Video conference/conferencing
May 23, 2013 - 2:24pmWow, thanks for the quickest replies to me ever on the list, I'll definitely explore all those suggestions. The conference I'm looking at 'broadcasting' is this year's museum photography conference (www.ahfap.org.uk), we have many members all over the UK who are finding it difficult to make the trek in these straightened times so why not bring the conference to them? We at least will have a decent selection of cameras between us, but liveview feed from a Hasselblad might be too much data for the web! Thanks again MCG'ers Tony -----Original Message----- From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:MCG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of [...]
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Re: Video conference/conferencing
May 23, 2013 - 1:59pmYes, Hangouts On Air:
http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/onair.html
>>> Pierre-Mary Thibault 5/23/2013 10:58 AM >>>
Google Hangout!
Le 23 mai 2013 à 19:49, "Richard James" a écrit
:
> Skype would be my first thought.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:MCG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of
HARRIS
> TONY
> Sent: 23 May 2013 18:36
> To: MCG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Video conference/conferencing
>
> Can anyone recommend a simple and cheap/free way of having a live
> 'broadcast' feed of a conference available to remote users via a web
> connection? I suppose a kind of video conference solution [...]
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Re: Video conference/conferencing
May 23, 2013 - 1:58pmHangout!
Utterly brilliant. Screen sharing. Presentations. And you can record
the end result to YouTube too...
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Re: Video conference/conferencing
May 23, 2013 - 1:58pmGoogle Hangout!
Le 23 mai 2013 à 19:49, "Richard James" a écrit :
> Skype would be my first thought.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:MCG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of HARRIS
> TONY
> Sent: 23 May 2013 18:36
> To: MCG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Video conference/conferencing
>
> Can anyone recommend a simple and cheap/free way of having a live
> 'broadcast' feed of a conference available to remote users via a web
> connection? I suppose a kind of video conference solution via the web.
> Regards
> Tony Harris
>
> ****************************************************************************
> This [...]
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Re: Video conference/conferencing
May 23, 2013 - 1:56pmTry a Google Hangout. I have successfully had a 6-way conference call using
it as Skype was getting very flakey. It has a few well-integrated elements
like screen-sharing, ability to take screenshots etc as well as sharing
files, links and text chat. You can, I believe although not tried it,
record a Hangout. Everyone needs a gmail account of course and the way into
it seems to change on a weekly basis but once you're in it's great fun. [...]
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Re: Video conference/conferencing
May 23, 2013 - 1:39pmSkype would be my first thought.
-----Original Message-----
From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:MCG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of HARRIS
TONY
Sent: 23 May 2013 18:36
To: MCG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Video conference/conferencing
Can anyone recommend a simple and cheap/free way of having a live
'broadcast' feed of a conference available to remote users via a web
connection? I suppose a kind of video conference solution via the web.
Regards
Tony Harris
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Video conference/conferencing
May 23, 2013 - 1:35pmCan anyone recommend a simple and cheap/free way of having a live 'broadcast' feed of a conference available to remote users via a web connection? I suppose a kind of video conference solution via the web.
Regards
Tony Harris
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Jobs at ONS
May 23, 2013 - 9:05amHey all
I know the Office of National Statistics is a little bit off-piste for the MCG, but these roles may be of interest nonetheless, based in Newport
Video & Audio Production role: http://t.co/6fOiv3UAEE
Producer roles (2): http://t.co/pNHtPev5hi / http://t.co/7dHMZ43q3E
cheers!
Mike
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