Many organizations are rich in data but poor in insight.
But what if museums could use their "data" to see not just what's happening now, but also to model what they could be doing to optimize outcomes for the future? Enter the CAMLF team.
Where will this lead us?
Photosharing is so ubiquitous we've stopped thinking about what we want to photograph and why we want to share. We just do it.
Smarter travel combined with alternative working practices could ease strains on infrastructure and transport and turn cities into smarter places to work and live.
Artists are euologizing the end of the US Postal Service. Are they at the cutting edge, seeing the demise of a key cultural institution? Or have they assumed a future that may not happen?
"transmedia" productions are being designed to engage viewers by crossing the boundaries between screen, phone, and tablets and turn viewers into players.
"if they are successful, it will open a new channel for media that can stand alongside movies, television, musci and books."
Integration is happening on the technical side to provide seamless access to information no matter what format or under whose domain it might fall.
Can integration be achieved -- or should it -- among the audiences of these different but related types of institutions/collections?
Building a new library building gave designers and librarians a new way to think about what a library can be to a community. Digital and physical coexist and people are a primary focus.
Could a museum do as well? How can you achieve this level of integration and community involvement without building a new building?
Final evaluation of retrofit using LED lamps in track lighting for photography exhibit at Getty Museum finds cost savings and deterioration no worse than filtered halogen lamps for equivalent exposure
millenials are eager for third space experiences at retail food outlets, e.g., grocery stories and restaurants
gen-Xers also interested; baby boomers, less so
Whole Foods comedy videos on YouTube showcase it as a spot for socializing and matchmaking
I am a business applications administrator at the Getty Research Institute focusing on the design, development, and maintenance of databases and systems that support art historical research. I am also co-char of the California Association of Museums Foresight Committtee.