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Omeka: Showcasing Digital Collections

Fall 2014 Digital Humanities Workshop Series

digitalhumanities.msu.edu | #msudh

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Workshop Outline: 9/24/2014

  • Introductions
  • What is Omeka? Is it right for you?
  • Uploading objects
  • Customizing the interface
  • Work time!

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Content Management Systems

Central interface for publishing & editing content

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http://www.ubc.ca/okanagan/itservices/service-catalogue/publishing-hosting/cms/help/how-it-works.html

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Omeka: What is it?

  • Open source web publishing platform
  • Based around Dublin Core metadata
  • Extremely extensible and customizable

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Omeka: How might you use it?

  • Content Exhibition - Gulag History
    • gulaghistory.org
  • Collecting Site - Hurricane Digital Memory Bank
    • hurricanearchive.org
  • Teaching Site - Children & Youth in History
    • chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/

Original: Dennis van Zuijlekom http://www.flickr.com/photos/dvanzuijlekom/9204875724/

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Omeka: What do you need?

  • Server space (maybe)
    • Dept. Resources, Reclaim Hosting, LAMP, Omeka.net
  • The Codex (omeka.org/codex)
  • The Forum (omeka.org/forum)
  • Content (or a crowd to source)

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Omeka: Item Structuring

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via: http://omeka.org/codex/Project_Planning_Case_Studies

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Omeka: Exhibit Structure

via: http://omeka.org/codex/Plugins/ExhibitBuilder

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Omeka: Other Useful Plugins

  • Neatline - neatline.org/demos
  • Library of Congress Subject/Simple Vocab
  • Geolocation
  • CSV Import
  • Contribution
  • More - omeka.org/plugins

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