vi, 212 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.
ISBN
0892365080 9780892365081 alk. paper 0892365099 9780892365098
Alternate Call Number
D 87 MCC.I 1998
Summary
This pioneering two-year project explored the legal, technical, and practical issues involved in using digital images of museum collections for educational purposes. The report includes essays by project participants for the fourteen museums and universities that participated in this project, and recommends terms and conditions for distributing digital museum images via the Internet and/or university campus networks.
Note
Companion volume to: Delivering digital images. "The Museum Educational Site Licensing Project, volume 2.". Samhørende: Delivering digital images : cultural heritage resources for education ; Images online : perspectives on the Museum Educational Site Licensing Project. V. 1. The museum educational site licensing project / edited by Christie Stephenson, Patricia McClung. "The Museum Educational Site Licensing Project, volume 1.".
Formatted Contents Note
Foreword / Eleanor Fink Preface / Kathleen McDonnell Editor's notes and acknowledgments / Christie Stephenson and Patricia McClung Part I. Project background and history. The evolution of the MESL project / Christie Stephenson Part II. Legal and administrative issues. Project background framing the issues / Christie Stephenson Establishing the terms and conditions for educational institutional licensing of museum images: a summary of issues and priorities / Mary Levering Establishing the terms and conditions for educational institutional licensing of museum images: a framework for museums and universities / Mary Levering and Melissa Smith Levine Part III. Content selection. Introduction Content selection in the Museum Educational Site Licensing Project / Andrea Notman Part IV. Technical issues. Introduction The MESL Data Dictionary and the data export process / Robin Dowden Digital image production issues / Christie Stephenson The MESL distribution process / Christie Stephenson and Clifford Lynch MESL implementation at the universities / Howard Besser.