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Sun, 24 Jun 2012 14:48:07 +0000

[…] So, now perhaps it’s obvious why THATCamp Museums NYC was my favorite so far: yes, digital material culture is my thing, and where my previous THATCamps had a few enthusiastic sessions on this topic, in this case essentially the entire weekend related to that focus. So, what did the weekend entail? Well, let me interject the fact that my only real criticism of the THATCamp format is that there are usually 3-5 sessions offered at the same time, and I usually want to go to ALL of them! So take a look at the blog for the full schedule of sessions and workshops. […]

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Jan Rains — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:46:13 +0000

Thanks for this excellent post. One other thing is that a lot of digital cameras come equipped with the zoom lens that enables more or less of your scene to get included by indicates of ‘zooming’ in and out. All these changes in concentration length are typically reflected whilst inside the viewfinder and on significant display screen proper at the back of the specific camera.

Comment on Session proposal – On Representing Material Culture / ObjectVRs by THATCamp Museums NYC 2012 « Information Flux in the 21st Century

THATCamp Museums NYC 2012 « Information Flux in the 21st Century — Mon, 28 May 2012 16:23:03 +0000

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Comment on Session Proposal: Cameras in the Gallery by THATCamp Museums NYC 2012 « Information Flux in the 21st Century

THATCamp Museums NYC 2012 « Information Flux in the 21st Century — Mon, 28 May 2012 16:18:31 +0000

[…] for me to process the information garnered from sessions that I attended is to mash it up. How can cameras and ipads in the gallery enhance the museum experience? Can curatorial collusion help […]

Comment on Session Proposal: Web Content Management Systems and Museum Libraries by Anthony Weiner

Anthony Weiner — Mon, 28 May 2012 05:17:58 +0000

Open source or free CMS is free. The implementation cost is low. However, many users have concerns about security risks involved in using free CMS. Proprietary CMS on the other hand can cost you more, however, there is no security threat for users. It is mainly developed by a vendor or owned by the developers. So, whatever you choose, select as per your budget and business requirement.

Comment on Session Proposal: Curatorial Collusion by THATCamp Museums NYC 2012 « Information Flux in the 21st Century

THATCamp Museums NYC 2012 « Information Flux in the 21st Century — Sun, 27 May 2012 22:36:11 +0000

[…] is to mash it up. How can cameras and ipads in the gallery enhance the museum experience? Can curatorial collusion help represent and communicate information on digital material culture? […]

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THATCamp Museums NYC 2012 « Information Flux in the 21st Century — Sun, 27 May 2012 22:34:30 +0000

[…] and museum content and experience, in order to learn about projects in the works presented in the workshops, to discuss ideas suggested by campers for sessions and collaboratively hack some of those ideas in […]

Comment on Workshops by TourML & TAP for Managing and Deploying Tours | THATCamp Museums NYC 2012

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:32:38 +0000

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Saturday Sessions Posted | THATCamp Museums NYC 2012 — Sat, 19 May 2012 15:12:12 +0000

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Saturday Schedule Posted | THATCamp Museums NYC 2012 — Sat, 19 May 2012 15:09:12 +0000

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Comment on Session Proposal: Web Content Management Systems and Museum Libraries by jsarubbi

jsarubbi — Sat, 19 May 2012 13:39:28 +0000

In that sense, a library catalog system would be the right choice. I was thinking about CMSes in the sense of archiving digital collections.

Comment on Session Proposal: Web Content Management Systems and Museum Libraries by Amanda French

Amanda French — Sat, 19 May 2012 13:24:05 +0000

I guess this means museum libraries used for research, correct, where people get to check out the books and so on, not museum libraries where the books are part of the collection? If the former, wouldn’t a library catalog system rather than a CMS be the right choice?

Comment on Session Proposal: Permanence and Digital Media Proposal Valerie Clark by valerieaclarkny

valerieaclarkny — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:05:51 +0000

Well, thank you. I worked with some 9/11 slides as an intern in 2010, and they were coming loose in their mounts. Even still photos need temperature and humidity control that is not supplied due to expense, The easiest thing is to scan and digitize them, but then hard drives will wear out…
I was hoping to find others concerned with this issue. Maybe there will be standardization of hardware and eventually there will be a little piece of metal in a hard drive that can be swapped out, as books can be re-bound. Cloud computing gets a lot of attention, but there has to be a server somewhere, and servers aren’t forever, either. I was hoping to meet some hardware geeks, because a hardware solution would be nice.
Looking forward to THATCamp.

Comment on Session Proposal: Permanence and Digital Media Proposal Valerie Clark by Kathleen Hulser

Kathleen Hulser — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:20:47 +0000

Your thoughts on this are timely. When I worked as public historian at a large NY archive, I was told repeatedly over many years by different officials that time-based media (film, video, digitally based moving images) were not part of collections and could not be because of problems with the format changes and lack of money for continually updating and migration. This of course was slightly ironic, because in fact, items that were time-based media did in fact end up in collections due to the nature of 20th and 21st century events which were being documented. Thus, when September 11th occured, many items on film came into collections, without a real policy on how to deal with the issues you raise. Naturally, for that historical repository like many, if not most archives, the reality had exceeded the institution’s capacity to plan and deal with the media that were arriving on the doorstep. You pose a widespread planning issue that is being wrestled with at different levels, and will not be solved piecemeal at each collecting institution. Glad you are talking about it.

Comment on Session proposal – On Representing Material Culture / ObjectVRs by Kathleen Hulser

Kathleen Hulser — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:05:52 +0000

This is crucial for the future of electronic use of virtual objects and solves some of the accessibility conundrum of curator white glove patrolling in museums which is such a barrier to object study. Even as a curator myself, I did not realize how close to viable the VR process was, I want to learn more and sign up for your session. Hope the files aren’t so huge that I can eventually use them on my independent scholar type websites. Thanks.

Comment on Session Proposal: History on the Hoof (Mobilizing History) by ctobar

ctobar — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:35:36 +0000

sounds like a great session! i would love to learn more- currently working with other team members on implementing a mobile app for uncovering hidden archival gems, in our case: digitized archival images of the neighborhood(s) surrounding our campus.

Comment on Session Proposal: Geotagging Museum Objects by lindsay

lindsay — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:14:34 +0000

I’m all about this. Been working with an advisory group of school-age students (5th graders) this year who want to be able to wander the museum freely with GPS systems and access information — Geotagging seems like a plausible option for information access and navigation. I’d love to chat about the programmatic side of these questions – I wonder if its call for another session – or rather, an extension of this one…

Comment on Session proposal – On Representing Material Culture / ObjectVRs by Helen D. Wall

Helen D. Wall — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:52:50 +0000

Your example of the garment convinces me it’s worth it. I am very interested in learning more about your project. See you at Camp.

Comment on Session proposal – On Representing Material Culture / ObjectVRs by Arden Kirkland

Arden Kirkland — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:57:10 +0000

Let me add - this can become more of a "hack" session if people are interested. I could provide sample images and you could download the free version of the Object2VR software and try it out - I could talk you through the steps and share what I've learned.

Comment on Session Proposal: What a LOD! Basics for Museums and Libraries by Arden Kirkland

Arden Kirkland — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:51:48 +0000

I was hoping someone would propose something in this vein. I am also very interested in this, but I know very little – I want to learn! Thanks for the links you included. I wish I had known about the Marcia Zeng lecture. I particularly would like to see more examples of LOD in action, so I can understand better how to implement it with collections I am working on.

Comment on Session Proposal: Cameras in the Gallery by Arden Kirkland

Arden Kirkland — Mon, 14 May 2012 00:32:25 +0000

I find this fascinating. I personally don’t like to take photos at museums, but I sometimes wish afterwards that I had done so. A couple of years ago I was writing about the temporary First Ladies exhibit at the NMAH and wished I had taken photos – imagine my surprise when I found that I could re-visualize the entire exhibit using photos from Flickr, from a diverse group of visitors!

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Rebecca Mir — Sun, 13 May 2012 21:33:05 +0000

Mitch,

Would love to hear more about this session! I’ll be volunteering so I’m unsure if I’ll be able to attend, but I do want to hear your thoughts afterward if possible. As an educator and avid museum-goer, I’ve been on both sides of this problem. It’s a sticky situation.

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Workshop Information Available | THATCamp Museums NYC 2012 — Sat, 12 May 2012 17:47:32 +0000

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Comment on The Time is Now to Start Proposing Sessions by Kimon Keramidas

Kimon Keramidas — Sat, 12 May 2012 17:44:01 +0000

Chris, you should feel free to propose anything you are interested in, and particularly the topic you address above. The best thing about THATCamps is that newbies can and should help lead the conversation. We have a lot of session opening and a group of people that I am sure will be interested in the kinds of things you are talking about so definitely make a proposal!

Comment on Session Proposal: Permanence and Digital Media Proposal Valerie Clark by Kimon Keramidas

Kimon Keramidas — Sat, 12 May 2012 17:41:35 +0000

Excited that you proposed this Valerie as I am teaching a course on Media and Materiality that addresses some of these questions this fall. Will hope to drop in and participate if I can get some time during the hectic weekend!

Comment on The Time is Now to Start Proposing Sessions by cchelberg

cchelberg — Sat, 12 May 2012 14:39:09 +0000

I’m not sure I want to propose an entire session, as this is my first time, and I’m certain about the demand for what I would propose. I wouldn’t mind participating in a general session about what job museums and archives do, and if they face disruption by good-enough alternatives that might or might not be in the same business space. If people think that this would be interesting, I wouldn’t mind trying to come up with something based off of Clayton Christensen’s work on Disruption Theory.

Comment on The Time is Now to Start Proposing Sessions by Kimon Keramidas

Kimon Keramidas — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:59:51 +0000

Part of the responsibility of the proposers is to kick off the conversation, so being able to attend the session is an important part of the proposal. If you have an idea to throw into the mix however, please put it forward here or to thatcampmuseumsnyc[at]bgc[dot]bard[dot]edu and we will try to get it into the weekend’s conversation. We are trying to share as much of the event as possible so you’ll probably get a chance to see some artifact of the conversation at some point.

Comment on The Time is Now to Start Proposing Sessions by Robin White Owen

Robin White Owen — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:56:30 +0000

Does this mean that only the fortunate 90 people who signed up first can propose sessions?

Comment on The Time is Now to Start Proposing Sessions by Steve Bull

Steve Bull — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:47:38 +0000

History on the Hoof (Mobilizing History) While commercial applications of virtual reality explode on your mobile screen, the history potential of the smart phone valiantly struggles to catch up. The Digital Humanities team of Kathleen Hulser and Steve Bull have been experimenting with history on the hoof. They concoct augmented reality scenarios that turn the smart phone into a history translator that conjures buried archival materials into real world contexts. Two recent forays show the potential for plucking history from the scholarly realm and popping it into surprising settings. "Tecumseh" summons an image of the Shawnee leader who tried to found a Pan-Indian Nation, during the War of 1812. No, Indians aren't erased from the history, they've just been waiting in your mobile to re-materialize. Bull lurked amidst classical busts in the gardens of the Villa dei Pini, Bogliasco ITALY, to install "inVisible Presence" using augmented reality to make the men of marble mobilize their thoughts.

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The Time is Now to Start Proposing Sessions | THATCamp Museums NYC 2012 — Wed, 09 May 2012 23:45:31 +0000

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Workshop Information Available | THATCamp Museums NYC 2012 — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:57:38 +0000

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Brooklyn Memory Project — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:44:28 +0000

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THATCamp Museums NYC fills up in 8 days!! | THATCamp Museums NYC 2012 — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:29:12 +0000

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Comment on Registration by Meredith Wisner

Meredith Wisner — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:23:27 +0000

I hope to join in May!

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museumsnyc2012 — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 15:14:04 +0000

We will be adding hotel info to the travel page shortly.

Comment on Travel by Christina

Christina — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:01:23 +0000

Is there a hotel that is recommended to stay at or has a deal for conference goers?

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Registration is Officially Open | THATCamp Museums NYC 2012 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:37:16 +0000

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Comment on Registration by Gretchen Nadasky

Gretchen Nadasky — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:49:48 +0000

Would love to join in May!