From the folks at IBM that brought you the Many Eyes visualization service, a new tool called Many Bills (as in U.S. Government legislation) is now available. Curious about bills having to do with museums? libraries? archives?
It’s been a long, long time since I’ve had much to do with students in art school. However, due to a fortunate series of events (involving a get-away weekend with my husband to a farm bed and breakfast in Niagara-on-the-lake) I’ve become acquainted with three talented young women. Blogs about Carrie and “Veggie Boullion” are [...]
On Monday, May 24, 9:00 – 10:15 a.m. there will be panel discussion at AAM on the Future of Museums, Libraries, and Archives. In the summer of 2008 The National Academy of Sciences, supported by IMLS, convened “The Future of Libraries and Museums in the 21st Century Planning.” This meeting brought together voices from museums and [...]
I enjoy going to the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Museums (AAM). There are interesting sessions, lots of networking opportunities, reunions with friends (old and new) and this year there is one more cause for celebration in Los Angeles. Nik Honeysett, Head of Administration at J. Paul Getty Museum, has been named to [...]
From the blog Proper Discord Don’t forget viscountess. And you think you have problems?
I was waiting for it. It was inevitable. Now it’s happened. GBS freaks (followers of the Google Books Settlement story) like me will recall that the legal challenge to Google’s galactic-size book scanning project was (originally) not so much about how Google would or could use the scanned data, but the fact that Google was [...]
Now it’s official: long copyright terms stifle creativity. If The Economist says so, it must be true: “Why the rules on copyright need to return to their roots.” Food for thought: the original term of copyright in the US was 14 years, renewable for another 14. Techdirt brings up a related idea: “Fair Use Is [...]
This post falls under the category of “I don’t know art but I know what I like.”
After almost a year of discussions and planning, we’re ready to get back into the handheld business. It was a tough decision, but we have built this awesome app that is going to revolutionise the way visitors interact with our collection. Here’s the executive summary: In the same way that exclusive clubs refuse entry to [...]
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