Museology

Kofile Acquires DPS (Data Preservation Solutions, Inc.)

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Monday, June 28, 2021
Museology, Humanities, Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Cultural studies, Index, Archival science, Collections care, Preservation, Digitization, Search engine indexing

DPS products and services will be combined with Kofile Services , the business line of Kofile dedicated to preservation, imaging and indexing of records and data for local governments.

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  • DPS products and services will be combined with Kofile Services , the business line of Kofile dedicated to preservation, imaging and indexing of records and data for local governments.
  • "The next twenty years will be the most important time in the history of document preservation and access," says Michael Crosno, CEO of Kofile.
  • "In evaluating Kofile, we found a new management team that has re-committed the organization to putting the customer first in everything they do," said Brian Rathe, owner and president of DPS.
  • As the foremost expert in document preservation, digitization, and indexing, Kofile makes government records accessible, with 225+ million documents digitally stored and secured.

The Apollo del Belvedere in the Octagonal Courtyard of the Vatican Museums Received Grant Funding from the Bank of America Art Conservation Project to Support its Restoration and the Mission of the Patrons of the Arts

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Monday, June 28, 2021
Museology, Museum, VATICAN, Human activities, Belvedere, Humanities, Articles

The Apollo del Belvedere is among 23 other major art restoration projects that have been selected for grant funding for the Bank of America Art ConservationProject.

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  • The Apollo del Belvedere is among 23 other major art restoration projects that have been selected for grant funding for the Bank of America Art ConservationProject.
  • TheItalian and International Chapter of the Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums assisted in securing support from the Bank of America Art Conservation Project grant.
  • said Sabrina Zappia, President, Italian & International Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums.
  • The philanthropic support of the Bank of America Art Conservation Project will also be vital as the Vatican Museums recover from the pandemic.

LiveArt Market Opens Trading

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Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Arts, Museums, Entertainment, Other Retail, Online Retail, Internet, Luxury, Specialty, Consumer, Technology, Other Entertainment, Retail, Other Consumer, Other Technology, Art auction, Art market, Museology, Marketplace, TransACT, Market, Humanities, Articles, Service industries

LiveArt is pleased to announce the public launch of LiveArt Market , the digital peer-to-peer marketplace that places control into the hands of sellers and buyers.

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  • LiveArt is pleased to announce the public launch of LiveArt Market , the digital peer-to-peer marketplace that places control into the hands of sellers and buyers.
  • LiveArt Market began limited, invitation-only trading last week and has already achieved sales approaching $5 million, with more than 1,000 works of art valued at approximately $120 million in the pipeline for sale.
  • All LiveArt Market participants are extensively vetted and therefore can transact anonymously in virtual deal rooms.
  • George ODell, Executive Vice President of LiveArt: LiveArt provides a level of access and discovery that was previously available only to the most seasoned market participants.

Getty Images and Stand Together Announce Inaugural Grant to Preserve HBCU's Historical Archives

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Monday, June 14, 2021
Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage, Information science, Museology, Digital preservation, Records management, Data transmission, Digitization, Historically black colleges and universities, Preservation

The Grants will commit $500,000 towards the digitization of two HBCU's photographic archives, including the digitization of up to 100,000 archival assets per Grant recipient.

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  • The Grants will commit $500,000 towards the digitization of two HBCU's photographic archives, including the digitization of up to 100,000 archival assets per Grant recipient.
  • Included in the Grant will be opportunities to also apply metadata and licensing opportunities for the winning HBCU's existing digitized libraries.
  • Grant judge, Aba Blankson, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, NAACP said "Black history is American history.
  • The Getty Images Photo Archive Grants for HBCUs is an essential part of the on-going documentation and preservation of Black images at HBCUs."

CARMERA Launches Inventory Map, Provides Live Look at Road Changes for Autonomous Driving and More

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Thursday, June 3, 2021
Articles, Collections care, Inventory, Museology, Map

CARMERA's new Inventory Map helps consumer and HD maps stay up-to-date by providing a live feed of road changes.

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  • CARMERA's new Inventory Map helps consumer and HD maps stay up-to-date by providing a live feed of road changes.
  • Using best-in-class traffic-sign recognition, localization and impact analysis, Inventory Map provides specific details and the precise latitude and longitude coordinates for each change, delivering the data via an open, format-agnostic API for easy integration.
  • "Changes to inventory were pushed live to the Inventory Map, giving us a highly dynamic view of the road; and CARMERA's Inventory Map required no new software or hardware, making it compatible and complementary to our existing stack."
  • Inventory Map joins Events Map, which was launched in 2020 and provides the real-time location of traffic-impacting events like construction at 10x the detail of the next best alternative.

China National Silk Museum Shares for the First Time its Conservation Cycle of Cultural Heritage at the 19th ICOM-CC Triennial Conference

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Thursday, May 20, 2021
Humanities, Articles, Cultural studies, Art history, Museology, Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage, Collections care, Conservator-restorer, China National Silk Museum, International Council of Museums, Liling

b'HANGZHOU,China, May 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The 19th International Council of Museums - Committee for Conservation (ICOM-CC) Triennial Conferenceis being held virtually this year from May 17-21 in Beijing.

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  • b'HANGZHOU,China, May 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The 19th International Council of Museums - Committee for Conservation (ICOM-CC) Triennial Conferenceis being held virtually this year from May 17-21 in Beijing.
  • All the dots can be joined through collective expertise in each of these areas.\nOn this most important of international academic and technical communication platforms for conservators, scholars and institutions, the China National Silk Museum participated extensively in the Conference.
  • Two research scientists, Jia Liling and Zheng Hailing, presented innovation in advanced chemical methods to restore fragile textiles.
  • In 2012, the Museum designed and built a textile conservation gallery alongside the permanent exhibition area and laboratory.\n'

China National Silk Museum Shares for the First Time its Conservation Cycle of Cultural Heritage at the 19th ICOM-CC Triennial Conference

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Thursday, May 20, 2021
Humanities, Cultural studies, Articles, Collections care, Cultural heritage, Art history, Museology, Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage, Zhao Feng, Textile conservator

Zhao Feng noted: "We believe that the concept of the conservation cycle can also be promoted at all levels of collection conservation.

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  • Zhao Feng noted: "We believe that the concept of the conservation cycle can also be promoted at all levels of collection conservation.
  • In this spirit the platform is bound to facilitate the broader and better development of the conservation cycle of cultural heritage on a larger scale.
  • In 2012, the Museum designed and built a textile conservation gallery alongside the permanent exhibition area and laboratory.
  • Each restoration project forms a conservation cycle: from the cleaning, digitization, examination, restoration, reproduction, packing, to exhibition and education.\nView original content to download multimedia: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/china-national-silk-museum-share...\n'

CheapOair Launches Cultural Heritage Travel Page on Miles Away Blog

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Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Articles, Types of tourism, Humanities, Museology, Tourism, Heritage tourism, Sustainable tourism

b'NEW YORK, May 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --As part of their initiative to promote diversity and inclusion in worldwide travel, CheapOair has launched a first-of-its-kind page on the company\'s Miles Away blog dedicated to spotlighting Cultural Heritage Travel.\nCheapOair expands awareness of diversity in tourism with the launch of Miles Away blog Cultural Heritage Travel page.\nThe page debuted with an in-depth article on Stephanie Jones, a leading cultural heritage tourism thought leader who has introduced award-winning innovations and sustainable tourism initiatives that leverage cultural heritage as an economic driver in underrepresented communities and neighborhoods.

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  • b'NEW YORK, May 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --As part of their initiative to promote diversity and inclusion in worldwide travel, CheapOair has launched a first-of-its-kind page on the company\'s Miles Away blog dedicated to spotlighting Cultural Heritage Travel.\nCheapOair expands awareness of diversity in tourism with the launch of Miles Away blog Cultural Heritage Travel page.\nThe page debuted with an in-depth article on Stephanie Jones, a leading cultural heritage tourism thought leader who has introduced award-winning innovations and sustainable tourism initiatives that leverage cultural heritage as an economic driver in underrepresented communities and neighborhoods.
  • Stephanie is the founder of some of the most innovative tourism initiatives that are designed to create diversity, equity, and inclusion in the travel industry, such as theNational Blacks in Travel & Tourism Collaborative(BTT), Black Cultural Heritage Tours , the Cultural Heritage Economic Alliance (CHEA),Culture OnShore, and theNational Cultural and Heritage Tourism Summit.
  • We view sustainable tourism and cultural heritage travel as the wave of the future," commented Glenn Cusano, Fareportal Co-CEO and CFO.
  • Our vision is that the Miles Away blog will provide useful information that allows CheapOair customers to add sustainability and inclusion into their travel planning considerations.

Special Edition: Design Museum Magazine’s Policing Issue Explores How the Most Powerful Institution Functions by Design

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Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Museology, Museum

Progress , is placing design at the forefront of the Black lives and policing conversation with the release of a special edition of its Design Museum Magazine, The Policing Issue: How one of the most powerful institutions functions by design .

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  • Progress , is placing design at the forefront of the Black lives and policing conversation with the release of a special edition of its Design Museum Magazine, The Policing Issue: How one of the most powerful institutions functions by design .
  • The methodology and design of policing, as well as our collective narratives about safety, security, and community, are informed by our beliefs about policing and its place in our lives.
  • This issue unpacks the current state of the system, exposing the creation and design of systems that perpetuate racism.
  • Subscriptions to the quarterly publication are available on the Design Museum website for $36/year and include this special issue \xe2\x80\x94 individual copies are also available for purchase without a subscription on Design Museum Everywhere\xe2\x80\x99s website.\nDesign Museum Everywhere is a nonprofit, nomadic museum of design.

iThrive Sim Named a 2021 GLAMi Award Winner

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Thursday, April 29, 2021
Marketing, Museology, Articles, Augmented reality, Museum, Humanities, Virtual reality

b'BOSTON, April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- iThrive Sim won the bronze award in the GLAMi Award 2021\'s Interactive andImmersive category.

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  • b'BOSTON, April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- iThrive Sim won the bronze award in the GLAMi Award 2021\'s Interactive andImmersive category.
  • Created by iThrive Games in partnership with Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, iThrive Sim is an innovative virtual augmented reality experience that provides an opportunity for meaningful and engaging learning.
  • The sim is currently used with museum-based, hybrid, and virtual visitors, and in traditional educational spaces.\nAccording to the website for MuseWeb, the host of the GLAMis, "The annual GLAMi (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) Awards recognize and celebrate innovative projects in the cultural heritage sector.
  • "\nSusan E. Rivers, PhD, Executive Director and Chief Scientist at iThrive Games, sees immersive games as a true opportunity to support visitors in social and emotional learning.\n"Play is important for all of us," she said.