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Guest Post: Collections Access - Open the Door Wider

Museum 2.0

Recently, several subscribers to the RCAAM (Registrar’sCommittee of AAM) listserv posted concerns about professional photographers and museum visitors taking photographs of objects on exhibition. I encountered strong push-back on the listserv, with one subscriber calling my fitness for my job title, “collections care trainer,” into question.

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Museum Photo Policies Should Be as Open as Possible

Museum 2.0

While doing research, I found myself digging back into old arguments on museum listservs about photo policies and I want to add my two (very opinionated) cents on this. Conservation: Objects may be damaged by flash photography. Would staff members who hate photography be comparably disturbed by visitors sketching in the galleries?

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Second Life: Issue Awareness Raising Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Today, I got a report via the TechSoup Second Life listserv about an awareness-raising campaign for homeless children in Second Life - reported here , here and here. the powerful photography exhibition highlighting images of the Darfur crisis by leading photojournalists that were projected onto the exterior of the U.S. Provide Hope.

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My NTC Session Planning Wikis.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It's free and anyone can join, so if you are curious about nonprofit applications in flickr, come subscribe to the listserv and if you're going to the NTC, come join our meeting). We will discuss flickr, tagging, digital photography, flickr contests, participatory media campaigns, and much more.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photography students use Flickr to post, organize, share, and critique their colleagues?????? Resource Collection off a listserv: [link]. Collaborative writing off a listserv: [link]. What does this mean in an educational context ? Create collaborative, student-authored resources. Enable public feedback on assignments.

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