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Re: Art of Digital
July 1, 2013 - 9:50amHi All
I was a regular attendee of the AoDL salon and workshops when they were funded by ACE (before the reincarnation as meetups) and found them to be really interesting sessions bringing organisations and business together. It was a shame that the funding ended as the need for these mixed networking and idea generating spaces continues. [...]
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Re: MCG's Museums on the Web 2013: call for papers
July 1, 2013 - 5:55amIn response to some questions I've received - proposals from agencies
are fine, but we will be very strict about buzzing the 'no sales
pitches' klaxon! In general we find people are keen to hear about
projects from the museum side, including what didn't go to plan and
the impact on the organisation over the longer term. [...]
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Jodi Awards - Call for Nominations
July 1, 2013 - 3:51amThe “Jodi Awards” will celebrate their 10th anniversary this year by presenting their Awards, in association with the Museums Association, at the MA’s Annual Conference on Monday 11 November 2013 in Liverpool.
Nominations are now being sought for the Jodi Awards 2013. The deadline for Award nominations is Friday 2 August 2013. [...]
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Re: Art of Digital
June 30, 2013 - 3:49pmIt sounds like a really interesting and useful network and I'll certainly
keep an eye on it although it does sound most useful for you urban
cosmopolitan types in the big smoke.
Colin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bridget McKenzie"
To:
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 6:13 PM
Subject: Art of Digital
> Hello
> ..on this lovely sunny Sunday.
> I've only just come across this peer learning network for professionals
> involved in digital strategy in the cultural sector. Apparently it was
> instigated by ACE in 2009.
> Two lead partners are Shakespeare's Globe and [...]
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Art of Digital
June 30, 2013 - 1:13pmHello
..on this lovely sunny Sunday.
I've only just come across this peer learning network for
professionals involved in digital strategy in the cultural sector.
Apparently it was instigated by ACE in 2009.
Two lead partners are Shakespeare's Globe and the Photographer's Gallery.
I'm intrigued about why I've never heard of it (although I have seen a
range of events/networks about digital & the arts coming out of ACE in
that time, and it might be I just forgot the name of this one.) [...]
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Open Access to Museum Collections
June 29, 2013 - 1:53pmDear all,
For those of you who followed my blog on open access to museum collections,
I've just been told about this - which looks like an interesting read.
http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub157/pub157.pdf
All the best,
Colin Hynson
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Digital collaboration survey
June 28, 2013 - 6:24amDear Colleague,
I’m writing to invite you to participate in an online survey on collaborative trends in digitisation projects. My name is Agnieszka Kurzeja and I’m a graduate student at University College London. The survey is part of my research into digitisation. Digitisation constantly poses new challenges and opportunities for libraries to construct new services by creatively combining ideas, knowledge and resources. I’m investigating the way digital projects collaborate and librarians’ approaches to this. [...]
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Call for Papers:15th Intl Conference on Presence (ISPR 2014)
June 27, 2013 - 11:05amCall for Papers
ISPR 2014: The 15th International Conference on Presence
International Society for Presence Research
Vienna, AUSTRIA
March 17th - 19th 2014
http://presence2014.univie.ac.at
Following a series of 14 successful PRESENCE conferences,
ISPR 2014: The 15th International Conference on Presence will
retain the single-track format and pleasant social environment of
previous conferences while featuring expanded oral
presentations, poster presentations, panels, keynote
presentations and hands-on demonstrations of presence
applications, services and projects. [...]
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[MuseomixUK] Call for Applicants Now Open
June 27, 2013 - 7:49amThe call for applicants to participate in Museomix is open until July 15th.
http://www.museomix.org/localisation/shropshire-2013/
*Over three consecutive days, participants co-create and test new ways to
mediate exhibitions.*
*We bring museum professionals, innovators and digital experts together
with art lovers, science enthusiasts, and others passionate about education
and culture. This community mixes and develops ideas in pursuit of a new
model for museums that is less restrictive and cloistered. Museomix
envisions a museum that is:* [...]
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EARLY BIRD CLOSES: International UDC Seminar: Classification & Visualization, The Hague, 24-25 October 2013
June 27, 2013 - 5:26am=== INVITATION FOR REGISTRATION - early bird closes 30 June ===
International UDC Seminar 2013 entitled "Classification& Visualization:
Interfaces to Knowledge" will take place on Thursday 24 - Friday 25 October in
the National Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek), The Hague
Conference website:http://seminar.udcc.org/2013.
The objective of this conference is to explore cutting edge advances and
techniques in the visualization of knowledge across various fields of
application and their potential impact on developments in the more main stream
bibliographic and documentary classifications. [...]
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Re: MCG's Museums on the Web 2013: call for papers
June 27, 2013 - 5:01amDear MCGers,
just a quick reminder that our Call for Papers closes on Monday
night... We're looking forward to hearing about your projects and
ideas!
Cheers, Mia
On 9 June 2013 13:56, Mia wrote:
> The Museums Computer Group’s 2013 Museums on the Web conference will
> be held at Tate Modern on 15 November 2013. The theme for UKMW13 is
> ‘Power to the people’.
>
> We are interested in proposals on topics such as:
>
> * projects that integrate public participation and core museum work,
> including crowdsourcing, citizen science, citizen history and other
> [...]
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Technical Support Analyst - British Museum
June 27, 2013 - 4:52amPlease see the following role as advertised yesterday - closing date 12 noon, Friday 12 July. Please feel free to contact me in the first instance if you require further information.
Technical Support Analyst
This is an excellent opportunity to work in a stimulating and innovative environment using the latest technologies at one of the world's leading museums. The Technical Services team at the British Museum develops specialist software, integrates business systems for e-commerce and operational activities and uses multimedia technologies to enhance visitor experience. [...]
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Last chance to contribute to Mobile research
June 27, 2013 - 4:30amHi - thanks to everyone's who already taken part in the MA's mobile survey (and apologies for cross posting)
The survey closes end of play tomorrow so please take five minutes to fill it in -
http://www.museumsassociation.org/forms/mobile-survey-2013
The research aims to provide a clear benchmark for the use of mobile across museums in UK, and follows on from our 2012 survey. [...]
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external evaluation of online learning resources
June 26, 2013 - 8:05amIWM (Imperial War Museums) is seeking to appoint an external evaluator to deliver evaluation of their new digital learning resources soon to be available through IWM.ORG.UK. The findings from this evaluation will be used by IWM to determine the success of these resources and inform future development.
There is a budget of £8,000 for this work. [...]
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Update on Europeana #AllezCulture petition
June 26, 2013 - 6:14amDear MCGers,
I just wanted to thank all those of you that have signed the Europeana
#AllezCulture petition to demand that the European Commission continues
to invest in digital cultural projects. The petition has reached 2,050
signatures in the 4 days since launch, and shows no sign of slowing
down!
If you haven't yet added your name, please do take a few seconds to show
your support for Europeana and the network of digital projects across
Europe - [...]
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Re: Video storytellers
June 26, 2013 - 4:42amHi Francis,
I asked a similar question a few days ago and got a huge number of
useful responses. I will send over the complete list of recommended
filmmakers I received.
Thanks to everyone for the great info!
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From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:MCG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of
Francis Bacon
Sent: 26 June 2013 09:12
To: MCG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Video storytellers [...]
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Video storytellers
June 26, 2013 - 4:11amHi everyone
Do you know any video producers who are particularly good at finding
interesting stories and telling them in an engaging way?
We’re starting a project which will use video to tell inspiring stories
about some of the scientific journal papers published by the Royal Society
over the last 350 years.
We’re looking for an outstanding freelancer or company who can help us to
shape the project and produce the videos. [...]
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Re: visual timeline ideas
June 25, 2013 - 10:33amApologies for the rather late response, I've just come across a tool
that might be worth a look for others with the same requirement -
TimelineJS.
http://timeline.verite.co/
It's pretty useful "as is", and the code is open if you want to take it
further.
Best regards,
Harry
On 16/04/2013 11:11, Joseph Padfield wrote:
> I had thought that Exhibit 3.0 was being developed, but looking at the
> site it seems there have not been any changes since Feb 2012, so perhaps
> you are right. Shame though as it is quite flexible.
>
> Joe
>
> On 16/04/13 [...]
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Heritage North - cultural sustainability workshop | Smashing stuff!
June 25, 2013 - 8:16amHello all,
Really great to meet some of you at the latest MCG event in York. There were trains and a pub, so this was great.
In other news, you may be interested in the following one-day event workshop with Heritage North in an attempt to fuse our understanding of economic development and cultural identity. [...]
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Heritage Show + Tell (Yorkshire) call for speakers
June 25, 2013 - 3:36amHeritage Show + Tell – call for speakers
Experience Barnsley, 18 July 2013, 4-7pm
Heritage Show + Tell is a chance for people passionate about heritage in Yorkshire to come together and share their work, get feedback on ideas and meet new collaborators. Everyone welcome; community heritage groups, freelancers, museum professionals, students and academics. [...]
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