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 > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain > detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line > e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message > should read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff > Museum-L" (without the quotes). > > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).