WHAT THE HECK IS AN OMEKA? Rebecca Goldman Drexel University Archives Presented at the MARAC Fall Meeting, Harrisburg, November 12, 2010
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WHAT THE HECK IS AN OMEKA?
Rebecca Goldman
Drexel University Archives
Presented at the MARAC Fall Meeting, Harrisburg, November 12, 2010
Omeka is…
a “digital publishing suite for scholars, librarians, archivists, museum professionals, and cultural enthusiasts” –Omeka team’s definition
a “system for storing digital objects (photos, pdfs, video, etc.) and their metadata, and creating digital exhibitions around those objects” –my definition
Why Omeka?
It’s free! It’s open source! It’s easy to use! It’s easy to get started!
Host your own Omeka site
Drexel’s Omeka site
Customized exhibit and item pages
Sign up for a hosted site: Omeka.net Basic account is free Tiered paid accounts include more
storage and customization options Choose your own subdomain for each
site: [yournamehere].omeka.net Admin interface is the same as in the
local version
Omeka behind the scenes
A basic Omeka site
Browse items
Item detail
Browse exhibits
Exhibit item
Create items
Add files to items
Create an exhibit
Choose a page layout
Add items to your page
Manage users
Change site theme
Add plugins
Omeka in the Archives
What can you do with Omeka (and its plugins)? Create digital exhibits Create digital collections Make it your whole website (Simple Pages) Map your items (Geolocation) QR codes (Bar Codes and Reports) Solicit and accept content (Contribution) Student projects
HIST285 project
Research a technology at Drexel Develop a thesis, and find supporting
material in the Archives Create a digital exhibition in Omeka
A HIST285 Omeka exhibit
Another HIST285 exhibit
Administrative stuff
One Omeka account per project group One Omeka “expert” per project group Specialized instructions Specialized scan request form Access to scans
Using Omeka for student projects Decide where the exhibits will live Users need admin privileges to create
exhibits Force students to read the instructions Not part of the grade? They won’t do it Copyright matters Undergrads don’t think like archivists Good research ≠ good exhibit http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker /te
aching-with-omeka
Omeka is awesome!…but not for everything If you need a quick-and dirty way to put
content online…use a blog If you need a quick-and-dirty way to put
images online…use Flickr If you need a digital asset management
system…use ContentDM, or an open source DAMS like ResourceSpace
What to do when you get back to your archives
Omeka sandbox: http://omeka.org/codex/ Try_Omeka_Before_Installing
Create a free hosted site: http://www.omeka.net/signup
Watch the Omeka screencasts: http://omeka.org/codex/Screencasts
Example Omeka sites: http://omeka.org/showcase
Thank you! Peter Ivanick set up the Drexel Archives
Omeka site Kate Lynch customized the Drexel Archives
Omeka site Ian Richmond set up my Omeka demo site Rob Sieczkiewicz reviewed my slides (and
made an excellent zombie) Many Drexel Libraries staff beta-tested my
presentation
Photo credits Wooly opossum hanging by its tail, from the Field Museum:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/field_museum_library/3608438186 asparagus cheddar cheese omelet, by jgodsey:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jgodsey/3378623493 Origami stellated octahedron, by endolith:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/omegatron/438272080 Sewing for a production, c. 1930s, from the State Library of New
South Wales: http://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/3273848716
All other photos: Drexel University Archives and Special Collections
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