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Computers and the Museum

Museum Related Links

American Association of Museums (AAM)
http://www.aam-us.org/

Archives of MUSEUM-L@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM
- Museum discussion list

http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/museum-l.html

Join or leave the MUSEUM-L list
http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=museum-l&A=1

Museum Discussion List (Museum-L) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/

MCN Museum Computer Network
http://www.mcn.edu/


Museum Collections Software - Database Related
Open Directory - Reference: Museums: Museum Resources:
Documentation and Cataloguing: Museum Collection Software

http://dmoz.org/Reference/Museums/Museum_Resources/
Documentation_and_Cataloguing/Museum_Collection_Software/

Museum documentation: systems, products and services
http://www.cidoc.icom.org/stand3sy.htm

mda Software Survey (Collections Database Reviews)
http://www.mda.org.uk/software.htm

mda Information Vol 4 No 1 - Collection Management Software
http://www.mda.org.uk/info41_3.htm

mda - Documentation for Registration
http://www.mda.org.uk/docreg.htm

CHIN - Collections Management Software Review
http://www.chin.gc.ca/Resources/Collect_Mgnt/e_hp_cmser.html

Collections Management Software Review - Products Evaluated
http://www.chin.gc.ca/Resources/Collect_Mgnt/Upgrades/e_upgrades.html

Databases for Collection Management
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/8189/databases.html

Database vs. Collections Management System
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/8189/cms.html

Accession (Screen Shot)
http://www.oaksoft.com/access/snapaces.gif

Customer Database Principles
http://www.coyotecom.com/database/dbprinc.html

The Basics of People Databases
http://www.coyotecom.com/database/basics.html

Database, Software and Technology Use
http://www.coyotecom.com/database/index.html

Google - Museum Collection Software
http://directory.google.com/Top/Reference/Museums/
Museum_Resources/Documentation_and_Cataloguing/Museum_Collection_Software/

MuseumStuff.com | Professional | Databases
http://www.museumstuff.com/professional/resources/databases.html

Collections Inc. Museum Database Screenshot Demo
http://www.intercollect.com/demo/

Robert A. Baron - III. Papers on Museum and Arts Computerization:
http://www.pipeline.com/~rabaron/index03.htm

The Computerized Accession Ledger: A view from a Computer Consultant
http://www.pipeline.com/~rabaron/LEDGER.htm

Robert A. Baron, Museum Collection Management: A Primer (1987)
http://www.pipeline.com/~rabaron/PRIMER.htm

Robert A. Baron, Choosing Museum Collection Management Software: The Systems Analysis (1991)
http://www.pipeline.com/~rabaron/STATEMNT.htm

Robert A. Baron: The SWAP Project. Building A Museum Database from the Bottom Up (1989)
http://www.pipeline.com/~rabaron/SWAP.htm

Collection Management - Resource List - An informal list of museum reports, files and documents useful for the execution of an Object Management Systems Analysis
http://www.pipeline.com/~rabaron/RESOURCE.htm

Robert A. Baron: Glossary of Museum Management Functions; Museum Data Systems (1989)
http://www.pipeline.com/~rabaron/GLOSSARY.htm

FEATURES AND REQUIREMENTS CHECKLIST for MUSEUM DATA PROJECTS (Things to think about)
http://www.pipeline.com/~rabaron/FEATURES.htm

MuseumStuff.com | Professional | Resources
http://www.museumstuff.com/professional/resources/index.html

MWeb Museum Websites
http://www.systemsplanning.com/mweb/features.asp

New Web-Based Interfaces to Old Databases
http://www.archimuse.com/mw98/papers/toney/toney_paper.html

Museums in the Cyber Landscape
http://www.systemsplanning.com/mweb/cyber/

Automating Your Museum. Part 1: Making a Plan
http://www.systemsplanning.com/mnc1.asp

Automating Your Museum. Part 2: Managing the Project
http://www.systemsplanning.com/mnc2.asp

Automating Your Museum. Part 3: Technology
http://www.systemsplanning.com/mnc3.asp

Automating Your Museum. Part 4: Sample RFP
http://www.systemsplanning.com/mnc4.asp

Automating Your Museum. Part 5: Making Decisions
http://www.systemsplanning.com/mnc5.asp

Google Usenet Search (Museum Database Software)
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=museum+database+software

Yahoo! Computers and Internet > Software > Databases
http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Software/Databases/


Museum Collections Standards
ICOM - Museum information standards
http://www.cidoc.icom.org/stand0.htm

Museum and cultural heritage information standards resource guide
http://www.cidoc.icom.org/stand2.htm

MCN Standards Links
http://www.mcn.edu/stand_subscribe.htm

UC Berkeley - Standards for Museum & Cultural Heritage Information
http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/onlineres/standards.html

Peabody Museum - STANDARDS FOR MUSEUM INFORMATION:
Interesting and Helpful Websites

http://www.peabody.harvard.edu/OIST/standards.html

Standards Resource Links
http://www.mcn.edu/stand_subscribe.htm

Museum Computer Network Publications
http://www.mcn.edu/publications.htm

Art & Architecture Thesaurus (Research at the Getty)
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/index.html

CIDOC (The Documentation Committee of the International Council of Museums)
http://www.icom.org/cidoc/

MDA - The Museum Documentation Association
http://www.mda.org.uk/

CIMI - Consortium for the Computer Interchange of Museum Information
http://www.nstn.ca:80/cimi/

Museum Informatics Project (a good directory of standards activities in the museum community)
http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/

Standards Framework for the Computer Interchange of Museum Information
http://www.cni.org/pub/CIMI/framework.html

ArgusUsers Group - Lexicon Knowledge Base
http://members.aol.com/AULexicon/index.htm

Useful Lexicon Links / Controlled Vocabulary Sources
http://members.aol.com/AULexicon/LexiconLinks.htm

Introduction to Vocabularies (Getty Vocabulary Program)
http://www.getty.edu/research/institute/vocabulary/introvocabs/


Barcode Related Links
Barcodes, bar codes and barcoding systems.
http://www.appliedbarcodes.co.uk/barcodes.html

Labels, Unique Identifiers & Barcodes
http://www.discoverlife.org/sc/ui/

Questor (Argus) On-Line: Barcoding
http://www.questorsys.com/barcoding.htm

Museums and the Internet/World Wide Web
Museums and the Web 2002 (Boston, Massachusetts, April 17-20, 2002)
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2002/

NOTE: The entire session articles are online! Click the session name, then from the abstract click the session name again for the paper.
Museums and the Web 2001
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2001/index.html

NOTE: The entire session articles are online! Click the session name, then from the abstract click the session name again for the paper.
Museums and the Web 2001 : Sessions (Excellent Papers)
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2001/sessions/index.html

A Top Level Museum Domain
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2001/papers/hamma/hamma.html

Building museum brands for the next generation: Web sites that reach and keep young people
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2001/papers/wallace/wallace.html

NOTE: The entire session articles are online! Click the session name, then from the abstract click the session name again for the paper.
Museums and the Web 2000 : Sessions (Excellent Papers)
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2000/sessions/index.html

NOTE: The entire session articles are online! Click the session name, then from the abstract click the session name again for the paper.
Museums and the Web 1999 : Sessions (Excellent Papers)
http://www.archimuse.com/mw99/sessions/index.html

NOTE: The entire session articles are online! Click the session name, then from the abstract click the session name again for the paper.
Museums and the Web 1998 : Sessions (Excellent Papers)
http://www.archimuse.com/mw98/sessions/index.html

Multiple Uses of Data in the Museum Environment
http://www.archimuse.com/mw98/papers/mackenzie/mackenzie_paper.html


On-line Collections Access at the Museum of English Rural Life
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2001/papers/bowen/bowen.html

Less Clicking, More Watching: Results from the User-Centered Design of a Multi-Institutional Web Site for Art and Culture
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2001/papers/vergo/vergo.html

Putting Collections On-line
http://information.org/iai.html

Computer/Technology/Software Related Links

Google Groups - Search Usenet and the Web (great for solving technical problems)
http://groups.google.com/

Choosing Specialized Software
http://www.coyotecom.com/database/software.html

Introducing New Technology Successfully into an Agency
and Why Your Organization Needs a Technology Plan

http://www.coyotecom.com/database/techbuy.html

An Educator's Guide to Assessing the Cost of Donated Computers
http://www.siia.net/divisions/education/donatecomp.asp

Caution! Re: Accepting Technology Donations ("free" computers and
software are sometimes not worth the price)

http://www.coyotecom.com/donations.html

Indices of Software and Software Advice for Not-For-Profit
and Public Sector Organizatons

http://www.coyotecom.com/database/sites.html

CSC Non-Profit Resource Center Links
http://people.ne.mediaone.net/cscunningham/links.htm

CSC Non-Profit Resource Center - Grant Search Page Grant Searching Tips
http://people.ne.mediaone.net/cscunningham/sources.htm

The Nonprofit Software Index -- Welcome!
http://www.npinfotech.org/tnopsi/index.htm

TheFreeSite.com: Free Software
http://thefreesite.com/Free_Software/

Digital Imaging:
COLORADO DIGITIZATION PROJECT - GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR SCANNING
http://coloradodigital.coalliance.org/scanning.html

Procedures and Practices for Scanning
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Imaging/Databases/Scanning/

Digital Formats for Content Reproductions
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/formats.html

Data Capture and Creation (Photography, Scanners, Digital Cameras, Large file Capture, File Formats and Compression, Metadata)
http://www.tasi.ac.uk/framework/capture/capture.html

A few scanning tips - Scanner Help - Basics 101
http://www.scantips.com/

Yahoo! Computers and Internet > Desktop Publishing > Scanning
http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Desktop_Publishing/Scanning/


Internet/World Wide Web Related Links

Site Index: WebReference.com - The Webmaster's Reference Library
http://www.webreference.com/index2.html

Web Developer's Virtual Library: Encyclopedia of Web Design Tutorials, Articles and Discussions
http://www.wdvl.com/

The Basics of Designing a Web Site
http://www.peabody.harvard.edu/webbasics/

CKWS - The Netscape Color Cube
http://www.killersites.com/1-design/

Databases and the World Wide Web (4/15/97)
http://cdr.cs.uiuc.edu/pubs/de97tutorial/index.htm


Job/Employment Related
Conservation DistList Archives
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/

Museum Jobs - job vacancies, internships
http://www.museumjobs.com/

Museum Employment Resource Center
http://www.museum-employment.com/

MuseumStuff.com | Professional | Jobs and Employment
http://www.museumstuff.com/professional/resources/jobs.html

Got Links? (Good collection of Job Related Links
http://victorian.fortunecity.com/stanmer/414/index.html#NONPROFIT/MUSEUM




 

 

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