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:
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> 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:
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>
>
> 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.
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>
> Technology:  How well do these systems work?  How often do they break down?
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> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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> Sincerely,
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> Carmen Blair
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> Carmen J. Blair
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> Deputy Director
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> San Mateo County Historical Association
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> 2200 Broadway, Redwood City, CA  94063
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> telephone: (650) 299-0104, ext. 33
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> fax: (650) 299-0141
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> www.historysmc.org
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