[Insightl] [Insight] Anyone upgrade to version 6?

Tue Jul 29 16:56:56 EDT 2008

Dear Marty,
Thanks for the update. During the beta test for 6.0 we (and several
others) had the same comment about the WWWW. We too have the subject
data tagged in our cataloging tool, but it doesn't show up in Insight.
In addition to the Subject problem, we would want to index our
"Cultures" in both "Who" and "Where."  I hope that we can see some
improvement in this area.

Thanks,
Elisa 

Elisa Lanzi
Director, Imaging Center
Smith College Dept. of Art
Hillyer Hall
22 Elm Street
Northampton, MA 01063
VOICE: 413.585.3106
FAX: 413.585.3119
elanzi at email.smith.edu

Cataloging Cultural Objects (CCO) Project
http://www.vraweb.org/CCOweb/index.html
>>> Martin Kelly <mfkelly at colby.edu> 07/29/08 4:22 PM >>>
We've just upgraded.  I'm still getting my bearings, but I'm confident
we
will be up and running with LUNA by the beginning of the semester. 
Colby
didn't have a lot of Insight use prior to the upgrade so we don't have
to
worry about migrating groups, etc.

One thing that I'm disappointed about is that the Who-What-When-Where
index
mapping is unsophisticated.  So if you, like I, followed VRA Core and
created Subject fields modified by SubjectType attribute fields
(...Topic,
...Place, ...Name), you cannot map Subject to the W-W-W-W index.  This
is
because -all- Subject data would have to go into -either- Who -or- What
-or-
Where.  According to Luna, the only recourse at this time would be to
set up
new fields (e.g., SubjectName, SubjectPlace, SubjectTopic) and migrate
data.
I'm not sure how big of an undertaking this would be.  But I thought the
whole idea of using nationally vetted metadata standards like VRA Core
was
to allow extensibility across applications.  Instead I find myself in
the
position of having to change my schema to match the application.  This
is a
shame because otherwise the W-W-W-W idea lends itself perfectly to
Subject
data.  I hope the Luna development team will consider beefing up the
mapping
tool in LUNA Publisher.

-- 
Marty Kelly
Visual Resources Librarian
Colby College
(207) 859-5162

> From: Elisa Lanzi <ELANZI at email.smith.edu>
> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:09:31 -0400
> To: "Deborah A. (Library) Herman" <hermand at mail.ccsu.edu>, Ling Wang
> <lwang at uic.edu>
> Cc: <insightl at mailman.yale.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Insightl] Anyone upgrade to version 6?
> 
> We have started the process of installing Luna 6.0 but there are
several
major
> management issues to consider (esp. if you have a heavy investment
in Insight
> the way Smith does).

- Personal collections will not be supported in LUNA.
> One option is to
migrate personal collections to institutional collections.
> But, users
will not be able to add to them once you do. Or faculty can
> rebuild
their personal collections in Flickr, but they must be "public,"
> not
"private."  

- Presentations will not migrate to LUNA, but groups will.
> Faculty have
to rebuild presentations if they want to go with LUNA. One option
> is to
have users with many legacy presentations stay with the Insight
> JVa
client. But we are hesitant to support JVA and LUNA for different
faculty
> and different courses. 

- Moving groups from Insight to LUNA requires a
> freeze on group-making.
It's August and the scheduling could be tight. We're
> moving our groups
this week to a test server to see how long it takes and what
> they will
look like in LUNA.

As you can see, if you are starting from scratch
> with Insight and LUNA
things will go a lot more quickly. Those institutions
> with legacy
activity will need to develop strategies for bringing faculty
> along.

Thanks,
Elisa

>>> Ling Wang <lwang at uic.edu> 7/29/2008 12:54 PM
> >>>
Please reply to the list, I would like to hear.

Many
> thanks!

Ling

Herman, Deborah A. (Library) wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I would
> appreciate hearing from those of you who have installed 
> Insight version 6.
> We¹re thinking of upgrading in August but are a

> little leery of doing so
> without querying our collea> upgrade. Any thoughts?
>
> Best, Debbie
>
> Debbie Herman, MLS, MA
> Digital
> Resources Librarian
> Elihu Burritt Library, Central CT State University
>
>
> 1615 Stanley St.
> New Britain, CT 06050
> tel: 860.832.2084
> email:
> hermand at ccsu.edu 
> <mailto:hermand at ccsu.edu>
>
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FAX:
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