Mobile Parade

dbear — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:18:51 +0000

Type:

Session

Theme:

plenary

Chair:

Jane Finnis

Programs:

Going Mobile? Insights into the museum community’s perspectives on mobile interpretation

Mobile devices for orientation and way finding: the case of the British Museum multimedia guide

Launching the MFA Multimedia Guide: Lessons Learned

Art App-reciation: Fostering engagement and reflection in museums through a social mobile application

Design of an Appreciation Support System for Public Art Using Mobile Phones

Explorer - Mobile Navigation and Interpretation at the American Museum of Natural History

Mobile Phones and Visitor Tracking

Implementing Mobile Augmented Reality Applications for Cultural Institutions

Physical Keys to Digital Memories: Reflecting on the role of tangible artefacts in "Reminisce"

Date & Time:

April 9, 2011 - 11:00am - 12:30pm

Location:

Commonwealth A/B/C/D

mobiles

case studies

handhelds

mobile devices

audience interaction

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Archives & Museum Informatics EIN: 77-0708617; GST / BN 887978914

Description

Co-chaired by Seb Chan, Powerhouse Museum, Australia and Jane Finnis, Culture24, United Kingdom

It has been a year of mobile experimentation. What did we set out to do and how has it gone? This session is a tease – exposing the range of our endeavors but leaving it to attendees to delve into the papers on their own, later, in order to explore the details.

Integration of Print and Digital Publishing Workflows

eneely — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:56:52 +0000

MW2011

Published Paper:

Integration of Print and Digital Publishing Workflows at the Art Institute of Chicago

Keywords:

Digital Publishing

Keywords:

Digital publishing economics

Keywords:

challenges

Keywords:

case studies

Keywords:

museum publications

Keywords:

economics

Abstract:

The Art Institute of Chicago has been publishing award-winning scholarly and popular print catalogues for decades… but is this model sustainable? Digital publication appears to hold great promise for both user experience and global reach. To achieve these bright outcomes, however, institutions need to approach the challenges and opportunities of digital publication with creativity, willingness to reorganize around new ideas and the careful and adequate resourcing of this vitally important publishing agenda.

In this paper, we will share the Art Institute of Chicago’s experiences gained from forging new integrated print and digital publishing workflows. The discussion will focus on case studies from our ongoing efforts on the Monet and Renoir Systematic Catalogue supported by the Getty’s Online Scholarly Catalogue Initiative (OSCI), the Martin European Decorative Arts Gallery Interactives, the French Impressionism iPhone, iPad and Android applications, and other publications. These projects have all required a deeper collaboration between the technology, publications, education, and marketing/ communications departments. We will discuss our approaches to challenges brought on by these digital publishing opportunities, such as: How do we address the impact these workflows have on both job responsibilities and available human resources? Does increasing the digital publishing portfolio imply decreasing the number of print catalogues planned? How can we incentivize scholars to write for digital publication? Will certain features, such as footnotes and citation tools, allow the field of art history to better recognize the legitimacy of these digital works? What content and which publication channels are appropriate for revenue generating goals? Is new hardware like the iPad creating a new generation of expectations for digital publication? How sustainable are these digital publications as software evolves—are we considering the ongoing maintenance costs?

Type:

Paper - in formal session

e-Books and Museum Publishing

Authors:

Sam Quigley

Liz Neely

museumsandtheweb.com - case studies

Mobile Parade

Description

Integration of Print and Digital Publishing Workflows