Hi David-
One of the largest groups for more general museum discussions is Museum-L.  You can sign up here: http://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?SL1=MUSEUM-L&H=HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM .  This is a topic that has come up quite a bit in recent years, and you may want to search their archive as well.

Angie

Angela Steinmetz
Registrar for Loans and Exhibitions
Smart Museum of Art
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From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Armstrong
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 2:08 PM
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Subject: Non-TMS, Museum related question

Hello everyone,

This isn't TMS related, so if you want to reply off list, that is probably the best way to do it.

My question has to do with policies regarding access to social networking sites at your institution.  By social networking, I mean Facebook, Myspace, LinkedIn, etc.  Does your organization allow them?  If not, why not?

For the longest time, MOCA has prevented most of the staff from accessing social networking sites.  They have been blocked mostly do to security concerns, and also bandwidth concerns (ie, links to YouTube and other streaming video).  There is some discussion about allowing access to them, and part of that discussion involves an interest in knowing what sort of policies other organizations have.  I'm interested in whatever anyone has to say on the subject.

On a related tangent, are there other listserv or similar resources for more general museum discussions (like this one)?


David Armstrong
Database Administrator
MOCA  THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART