Balboa Park Online Collaborative

Programs: Digital media projectsbpoc supports cultural institutions with a range of digital media services, including website and mobile development, video production, online marketing, and in-gallery support. Recent projects include the development of the parks first responsive website for the timken museum of art and the launch of an interactive scavenger hunt mobile app for the japanese friendship garden using new prototype technology. Multi-institutional projects include the balboa park commons, an online resource library of over 25,000 free collection images, and conservation reel, a training portal with videos on conservation and collection care. Digital media services are provided below market-rate and often with the use of free, open-source tools. Core support bpoc supports the parks outdoor informational touch-screen kiosks and provides low-cost it support to 13 cultural organizations in san diego. In 2013, we supported 585 desktops, servers, and personal devicesa 14% increase from 2012. Most organizations also participate in lower cost collaborative services like a shared phone system. Bpocs pervasive wireless network is now providing shared internet access to 17 balboa park cultural institutions as well as to the public via 70 public wireless access points deployed by bpoc. In addition, bpoc has deployed 30 wifi hotspots outside the buildings, making fast, free wireless access available throughout the core areas of balboa park. This investment in infrastructure improves the overall visitor experience and enables the cultural institutions to move forward with innovative technologies. Bpoc has provided more than 800 person-days of technology-focused training and support for professionals in balboa park and the larger san diego