Carmen,

You may try writing Jake Barton at Local Projects for info on
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Luke

On 2/1/07 1:33 PM, "David Harvey" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Camen,
> 
> Those concerns are well founded and I would also add that there are
> additional issues with the public display of folks without express
> written permission to use their images.
> 
> I think that the responses should be curated for appropriate content
> (audio and visual) before they are displayed.
> 
> The Storycorps project from NPR would be a great model for this sort
> of intiative.
> 
> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4516989
> 
> You might want to get in touch with them to see how they manage and
> have structured their project.
> 
> Cheers!
> Dave
> 
> On 1/31/07, Carmen Blair <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The San Mateo County History Museum recently opened a new permanent exhibit
>> about the immigrant experience in our area.  One of the proposed additions
>> to the exhibit is a kiosk where visitors can make short video recordings
>> (under a minute) about their own immigrant experience.  According to the
>> proposed plan, these recordings would be auto archived and randomly
>> displayed on a monitor within the exhibit.  Visitors would also be able to
>> email these short clips to family and friends.  There have been some staff
>> concerns about the project:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Inappropriate messages:  The auto archive and random display function was
>> proposed to keep to a minimum the amount of staff time needed to maintain
>> the kiosk.  However, there is some concern that messages inappropriate for
>> our audience would be displayed in the exhibit.  Also, there is some concern
>> that if those messages are emailed from our system, it would appear that we
>> condone these messages.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Technology:  How well do these systems work?  How often do they break down?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Carmen Blair
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Carmen J. Blair
>> 
>> Deputy Director
>> 
>> San Mateo County Historical Association
>> 
>> 2200 Broadway, Redwood City, CA  94063
>> 
>> telephone: (650) 299-0104, ext. 33
>> 
>> fax: (650) 299-0141
>> 
>> www.historysmc.org
>> 
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