Hi David,

If you would like to e-mail me off list I can discuss this with you.

Anne

Anne Marr
Museum Registrar/Network Administrator
New Brunswick Museum
277 Douglas Avenue
Saint John, NB - Canada
E2K 1E5

Phone:  (506) 643-2357
Fax:      (506) 643-2360

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From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Armstrong
Sent: March 20, 2009 4:08 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