another quick comment:

we put one together for a visual/sound exhibition we have.
the plus side to this is that most of the artists in the exhibition already
have cd's that they sell on their own.

we've gotten nothing but positive feedback from the individual artists
featured on the cd as well as the public who have previewed the cd at the
museum.

from the general public to designers to college professors, there seems to
be great interest.
the cd will be released in about 2 weeks so more actual feedback will
follow.

if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

mary jo
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on 11/12/01 12:13 PM, David Feldon at [log in to unmask] wrote:

> One quick comment on Mark's assessment of CD-ROM production and
> multi-platform issues:  With the technology that is available today,
> cross-platform development is a non-issue.  The explosion of
> Internet-related technologies has brought to the market a variety of
> platform-independent tools for multimedia development that work equally well
> over network and media-based distribution.  Best of luck on your project!
>
> Sincerely,
> David Feldon
> Principal, Educational Design
> Inventive Learning
> http://www.inventivelearning.com/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Mark Jung
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 8:49 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: CD-rom exhibition catalogues
>
>
> the MIA's done four or five CD-ROMs from programs that were developed for
> gallery interactive stations (we haven't done CD-ROMs in leiu of catalogs
> yet, however); here's the downside:
>
> you'll find no outside distribution for the product.
>
> you're dealing with a PC-mostly audience, but you'll find museums attract an
> inordinate number of macintosh users. you're best to make it cross-platform,
> which brings up a whole seperate set of difficulities.
>
> a CD-ROM is impossible to flip through in the bookstore. will you be able to
> display it while the exhibition's running?
>
> you'll need sell your print run off before new operating systems render your
> product obsolete.
>
> be sure you develop the program with the latest versions of quicktime and
> whatever else you're using. (ask me how i know that.)
>
> upsides:
>
> apart from the cost of developing it, the unit cost to get them produced is
> a fraction the expense of doing a book.
>
> they're very small.
>
> hope this helps,
> mark
>
>
> Mark Jung
> The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
> 2400 Third Ave. S.
> Minneapolis, MN 55404
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> 612 870 3249 fx
>
>>>> [log in to unmask] - 11/12/01 11:30 AM >>>
> We are currently considering producing a CD-rom catalogue for an upcoming
> exhibition, instead of producing a paperback catalogue.  This would be the
> first venture of this type for my institution and I am looking for both
> positive and negative feedback/experiences, possible pitfalls from my
> colleagues who have created catalogues in this media.
>
> Thank you, in advance, for your comments.
>
> Sincerely,
> Jennifer L. Lisella
> Registrar
> The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens
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