omeka: open source for open museums? (mcn 2010)

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Omeka: Open Source for Open

Museums?

Sharon M. LeonCo-Director, Omeka

Director of Public Projects, Center for History and New Mediasleon@gmu.edu |@sleonchnm

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Web Publishing Platform

• Exposure of collections for use and reuse in many venues:

• Online exhibits

• Geolocation

• Mobile optimized sites and applications

• Over 10,000 downloads since Feb. 2008

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Connecting to Users

• Social bookmarking

• Contribution/Collection of content

• Commenting

• Feeds: RSS, XML, JSON, Atom, OAI-PMH

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Customizable

• Flexible theming

• 12 basic themes

• Easily modified CSS and PHP

• Extensible

• 30 plugins and counting

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Robust Dev Community

• Forums for basic questions

• Clear and well documented API

• Active Google Group and IRC channel

• Playdates, THATCamp, workshops

• Modify, develop, contribute

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Libraries and Archives

• Digital Collections

• Online Exhibits

• Collecting Sites

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Scholarship

• Online exhibits

• Enthusiast sites

• Teaching and Learning

• Dissertations

• Collaborative scholarship

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Museums

• Collecting sites

• Online Exhibits

• Collections listings

• Collaborative work

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Barriers to adoption

• Other systems in place (Drupal, etc.)

• Access to LAMP servers/hosting

• Willingness to tinker (not a turnkey solution)

• Comfort with server installation and maintenance (still too technical)

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