ArtBabble, developed by the Indianapolis Museum of Art, launched this morning. Partnering with other art museums such as LACMA, MOMA, SFMOMA, New York Public Library and the Smithsonian. From the site itself: Art-Bab-ble [ahrt-bab-uhl] noun; verb (used without object) -bled, -bling 1. free flowing conversation, about art, for anyone. 2. [...]
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Brooklyn Museum Has An API
The Brooklyn Museum recently opened an API for their online collection. In and of itself this is impressive and awesome but the collection was just put online a mere six months ago. Allowing access to all of the collection data is a huge achievement for researchers, individuals and countries of [...]
Rethinking the Library
Last night I attended The Junto at P’unk Ave in South Philadelphia where the topic was ‘Rethinking The Library’. The topic of the library as a whole in Philadelphia conjurs up intense debate as many of our branches were set to close due to budgetary issues. Last night a panel [...]
Tweeting Culturally
Recently there has been a surge in coverage of twitter being used by corporations.i have to ask, why do people care? There are so many great museums/cultural organizations using Twitter as a tool to connect in a meaningful way with their followers. Using Twitter as a tool to connect with [...]