I'm with Danny,
this guy doesn't like museums, but who cares? Many more millions of
people do get culture and it's not like the issues about
visitor-motivation and the need to understand what people want are new
to anyone.
Understanding changing needs arising from social trends etc. and
developing services to meet to them is what we all do, all day long.
Andrew
Andrew Lewis
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Digital Media Team
Victoria and Albert Museum
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London SW7 2RL
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Topics of the day:
1. More on iBeacon and "the end of NFC"
2. Why I hate museums
3. Data Protection Act - Compliance Without Headaches, practical
workshop
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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 14:24:54 +1000
From: Scott Brewer <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: More on iBeacon and "the end of NFC"
Hi Joe, see answers inline below for those interested.
> Whats the range of Bluetooth LE and can you adjust it?
About 50 meters max in clear line of site. It works on a dB signal
strength so anything past about 5 meters quickly fades into similar
ranges (eg. -90 dB could mean you're 10 or 20 meters away, it really
depends on the room you're in and the angle you're hitting the beacon
with). If you want to adjust for distance you can either do it on the
device (eg. only pay attention to ranges that are < -50 dB) or you can
adjust the strength of the beacon, both have pros and cons depending on
what you wish to do.
>
> I'm imagining two different scenarios here.
> In scenario 1 visitors are looking a big object - like a bus - and
might be
> 3 or 4 metres away from it so we need the system to work at that
range.
> In scenario two we have a narrowish gallery - say 4 metres wide with
small
> objects on both sides. Visitors will get closer to the objects so we
would
> need to reduce the range so that their phone tells them about the
object in
> front of them - not the one behind them.
The system we use provides your location, instead of using one beacon
and associating with an object we associate each beacon with a
coordinate and then calculate your position based on the beacons you can
see and their signal strengths (although there is a bit more to it than
that). So in short our system works for both of these scenarios. If
you're using pure proximity on the other hand then you need a lot more
beacons and (due to reflections and surface noise in rooms) you're not
always guaranteed that the strongest beacon signal is actually the one
you're closest too.
> As far as I can see Bluetooth LE currently works on iPhone 4S and
above,
> but doesn't yet work on Android although Google say that they will
support
> it in the future. Is this correct?
> If so, it looks like, at the moment most visitor's phones won't work
with
> this system. Scott, how did you handle this issue in your gallery?
Did you
> give out devices to visitors?
Our apps run on both iOS and Android. On Android we currently use WiFi
triangulation to get your location, on iOS this isn't possible due to
the lack off API calls made available by the OS so we use bluetooth LE.
Android APIs have started supporting BTLE as of 4.3 but not all
manufacturers have pushed out with updates to it yet. We offer loan
devices onsite for visitors who don't have their own. We've worked with
Nexus 7s, iPad minis and iPod touches.
Hope that helps.
Cheers,
Scott.
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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 11:20:39 +0000
From: "Birchall, Danny" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Why I hate museums
Ugh! I don't mind that some CNN hack has phoned in 1500 words about how
he didn't enjoy his holidays, but why does the museum sector so often
take rubbish like this as an excuse for orgies of self-flagellation? And
why are 'curators' everybody's whipping boy?
Danny
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From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Rebecca Atkinson
Sent: 03 September 2013 11:16
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [MCG] Why I hate museums
Maurice Davies has written a blog in response to the article entitled
Stupid curators
http://www.museumsassociation.org/maurice-davies-blog/28082013-stupid-curators-why-we-should-listen-to-the-public
Rebecca Atkinson
Online publications editor - Museum Practice and Museums Journal
Museums Association
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From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Mike Ellis
Sent: 03 September 2013 11:14
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Subject: Why I hate museums
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/22/travel/opinion-why-i-hate-museums/
This is a great piece. Great as in - you'll hate it :-)
Comments are good too:
"I suspect Mr. Durston is a product of our modern fast paced society,
where 24 hour information falls like rain in short bullet statements,
devoid of nuance and meaning; where Honey Boo-Boo and her ilk reign
supreme over a court comprised of uneducated and unwilling fops.
Perhaps he is more suited to watching a youtube video of someone's
genitals being struck by a soccer ball."
..IMO it's useful to read stuff as obviously provocative as this as it
forces us to think about things in different ways.
..or maybe it'll just make us cross...
_____________________________
Mike Ellis
Thirty8 Digital: a small but perfectly formed digital agency:
http://thirty8.co.uk
* My book: http://heritageweb.co.uk *
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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 13:33:44 +0100
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Subject: Data Protection Act - Compliance Without Headaches, practical
workshop
Few Places Remaining: Data Protection Act – Compliance Without
Headaches
Led by professional Archivists/Records Managers working in the field,
this
workshop takes a practical view of the Data Protection Act, 1998,
exploring the
issues involved and outlining the key steps necessary to achieving
compliance in
the workplace, with particular regard to the Arts & Heritage sector.
When: 17 September 2013 Where: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in
British
Art, 16 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3JA Cost: £150 (£90 unwaged)
Organised by:
The recordsmanagementconsultancy Facilitators: Charlotte Brunskill,
Archivist &
Records Manager at the Paul Mellon Centre and Samira Teuteberg, Records
Manager
at the National Portrait Gallery.
Workshop content: Are you:
* unsure what the Data Protection Act covers?
* concerned about what information you can disclose to the public?
* confused about how to collect and manage personal data?
* unclear how to comply with the Act?
This training workshop explores the eight principles of the Data
Protection Act
and examines what these principles mean in the workplace. By using real
life
examples, the sessions will provide a practical step-by-step approach
to Data
Protection helping you to mitigate risks and ensure compliance within
your
organisation. The workshop is highly interactive and tailored
specifically to
the Arts & Heritage sector.
The facilitators are experts in the field who have between them over 20
years of
experience managing records and advising on DPA compliance in a variety
of Arts
& Heritage organisations. They present the highly successful ‘Nuts &
Bolts of
Records Management’ training programme offered by Renaissance & the
London
Museums Hub. Charlotte Brunskill is co-author of Records Management for
Museums
& Galleries: an introduction (pub. Chandos 2012).
Who should attend: Administrators, Archivists & Archive Assistants,
Information
Managers, Development and Personnel staff, Librarians, Curators and
anyone
responsible for managing records and personal data in an Arts &
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For further information
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