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FYI you can get these MP3 players for £18 on Amazon - we used them for an audio tour at the Foundling Museum. They are definitely fiddly however, as you say... On 4 Feb 2009, at 13:03, Howell, Alan wrote: > We experimented with providing recorded readings from the Book of > Sark in an exhibition of the illustrations late last year. We had > little budget to play with but I found some small and cheap Sansa > clip MP3 players with a 2Gb capacity from a local shop for £30 and > we bought some over-ear (rather than use the supplied in-ear) > headphones for £8.00 each. The players have a screen and menu system > which allows people to choose what they are listening to, though one > of our staff thought the players were too small and fiddly. We > charged a returnable £5.00 deposit to encourage people to return the > units! > > As a first attempt at this sort of thing it was a worthwhile > experiment but I was disappointed to learn afterwards that only > fifteen people had availed themselves of the facility. However, the > MP3 files have also found a place on our website in company with the > Book of Sark images - and we have the players available for future > use. > > Alan Howell > Senior Curator > Guernsey Museums & Galleries > > www.museums.gov.gg > > DDI +44 (0) 1481 706964 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf > Of Meredith Greiling > Sent: 04 February 2009 11:34 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Mini-emergency re: Listening posts/audio equipment > > Hi Susan > I would be very interested in seeing the responses to this as I too > am organising an exhibition with an oral history component and am > interested in cheap listening devices that can be used in a > temporary exhibition. We too have no money (does anyone?) although > we could do some fund-raising if there were a solution that could be > reused for other exhibitions. > Many thanks, > Meredith > > > Meredith Greiling > Assistant Keeper of Maritime History > > Neighbourhood Services (Central Area) > Aberdeen Maritime Museum > Shiprow, Aberdeen > AB11 5BY > Tel: (01224) 337711 > > Visit http://www.aberdeenships.com ( http://www.aberdeenships.com/ ) > > or Aberdeen City Council's website at http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk > ( http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/ ) > > Please do not print this email or any attachment unless absolutely > necessary. > > > >>>> Susan Buhr <[log in to unmask]> 04/02/2009 11:06 >>> > Hello, > We're overall a pretty low-tech museum here in Hampstead (mostly cos > we're poor) so until now we've just been using a regular old laptop > chained down to a radiator to display audiovisual materials. It's > obviously not ideal, but it's worked fine for over a year now- until > it was stolen over the weekend! > > As it happens I am submitting an application TODAY for a grant from > the HLF Your Heritage programme to do an oral history project and > exhibition. The exhibition, which would take place in Sept/Oct this > year would be built around oral history interviews and would of > course involve some form of listening post (or posts) in the gallery > space. To be honest we're not the kind of place where we can ask > people do download podcasts at home, and as a Grade I listed > building our options for building things directly into the gallery > space are pretty limited without getting loads of planning > permission (and even then, we don't have audio-visual elements to > all of our exhibitions, so we need something flexible). > > The trustees are investigating CCTV and augmenting our alarm > systems, etc, but the biggest issue is that we are unable to have > direct invigilation of the gallery space during all of its opening > hours; there is always at least one volunteer steward for the > building we are in, but they sit on the ground floor and I don't > think most would accept the responsibility of (for example) handing > out ipods or headsets to individual visitors. > > Can anyone give me some quick suggestions and general prices for > what sort of options we might consider for in situ listening > equipment? > > Thanks! > > > Susan Buhr > Curatorial Assistant > Hampstead Museum at Burgh House > phone: 02074310144 > www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk > Please note my usual working days are Wednesday through Friday only. > > ************************************************** > For mcg information and to manage your subscription to the list, > visit the website at http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk ( http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk/ > ) > ************************************************** > > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > _ _ _ _ > > "IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail (including any attachment > to it) is confidential, protected by copyright and may be > privileged. 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