I’ve been attending the Visual Resources Association Conference in Kansas City this week – VRA’s 25 Anniversary, Silver Jubilee. I am always a little wary of the play-by-play reports that I see from other conferences as I expect that much of what is said will be repeated once content from the conference goes online. So [...]
I have a confession to make. I am a museum professional who shamefully spends a rather small amount of time in museums. Oh sure, I could make a number of excuses, all of which are probably valid (it would be a busman’s holiday, lack of time, friends being too busy to go with me, etc.). [...]
There’s plenty of discussion on the issue of Digital Asset Management, largely about how different institutions are doing it, tips, advice, etc. Here at the Getty we’re currently embroiled in what it means to set up a Trusted Digital Repository or Digital Preservation System, which is not just the issue of managing our assets but [...]
From Techdirt: NFL Continues To Help Professor Demonstrate How Copyright Owners Abuse The DMCA “Last month, we had the story of how law professor, and creator of the Chilling Effects website, Wendy Seltzer, had received her very first DMCA takedown notice for posting a short clip on YouTube of the “copyright message” shown during the [...]
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Museum Computer Network, I am pleased to announce that our new three year strategic plan is now available on our MCN website, www.mcn.edu.Click the link on the homepage to get to either the full plan, or the Executive Summary. Back in November in Pasadena, we introduced [...]
With my new job comes a new set of conferences to attend. I’m currently in Philadelphia (grounded due to the snowstorm) after an ALI-ABA conference. That would be the American Law Institute – American Bar Association. The theme of the conference was, wait for it, Legal Issues in Museum Administration. The session Tax and Legislative [...]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUSEMATIC! One year ago today, Holly contributed the first of approximately 160 posts to the Musematic blog. Thanks to all of you who have contributed posts and comments during our first year! Go have a cupcake to celebrate. At the time we were one of a very few museum related blogs. According to [...]
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Web Wise Day 3 Dr. Deanna Marcum, Associate Librarian for Library Services, Library of Congress kicked off the morning with a keynote entitled “Digitization for Access AND Preservation: Strategies of the Library of Congress” NDIIPP (http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/index.html) One of the really interesting things she spoke about was the new digital preservation center they are building which will [...]
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