Dan -
Are you crazy? Definitely not!
In actuality, your proposed organization is still a "site" that requires
human resources and labor. It still collects physical things. Although
digital is minute, it still has a physical presence on a hard disk,
which in turn is a physical entity stored on physical servers. Yes, the
digital information age is different, but is it really non-physical? It
seems many contemporary museum practices will continue to apply, and
intellectual property rights will be of great importance on the front
end.
Best of luck with your endeavor!
-- Bertram Lyons
Director's Intern
Spencer Museum of Art
The University of Kansas
1301 Mississippi Street
Lawrence, Kansas 66045-7500
785-864-0138
www.spencerart.ku.edu
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From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
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Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 2:25 PM
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Virtual Museums
Does anyone know of any virtual museums that are honest to goodness,
independent, non-profit, collecting institutions that have no physical
collections or infrastructure other than the servers they're housed on?
I'm working with a group that wants to organize such an entity to
collect and digitize photographs, film and video that documents the
history of a local community, and then create web sites, virtual
exhibits and video productions as well as an on-line archive to make the
material accessible. The actual film/photos would either be returned to
the donors or passed along to another institution that curates these
types of items.
The questions are:
1) Is there any organization operating on this model already?
2) How might the legal complexities of obtaining unrestricted rights to
a copy of someone's film but not the actual film be handled in the
language of the deed of gift (we're talking about people's home movies,
old corporate film and video, old TV news video, etc so we may be
dealing with both individuals and corporations as donors)?
3) What other complications regarding access, use and licensing can you
think of?
4) Are we crazy?
Thanks,
Dan
Dan Bartlett
Curator of Exhibits and Education
Logan Museum of Anthropology
Beloit College
(608) 363-2678
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