Crazy Quilts And Patchwork Technology1

Piecing Piecing together together access at access at Shelburne Shelburne MuseumMuseum

39 buildings on over 40 acres

American Folk Art, Fine Art, and Architecture

Slow Network Unable to send/receive large

attachments Low bandwidth Blocked Sites, Video, Web 2.0 apps Renegade sites

Poor connections between buildings Older computers with minimum

resources User Bandwidth & Email Limits Older Firewall Restrictive Policies Lack of Money Lack of Communication

New Customizable Firewall $ Re-allocate Resources Maintain Resources Update Resources $ New Transceivers $ Removed Bandwidth Limits Increased Email size limits

Allowed social networking Set up branded, sanctioned accounts

(low-cost) Utilized Email Service Started conversations Combined resources Updated Policies Continue to Plan

Less Grumbling Higher Productivity More Hugs Large uses of bandwidth are

communicated Museum ‘owned’ Flickr, Facebook,

YouTube Channel, Twitter accounts – branded and with group ownership

Planning to update infrastructure/website

Flickr

Facebook

YouTube

Twitter