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What the heck is an Omeka? A presentation about Omeka for archivistsTRANSCRIPT
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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
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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
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Why Omeka?
It’s free! It’s open source! It’s easy to use! It’s easy to get started!
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Host your own Omeka site
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Drexel’s Omeka site
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Customized exhibit and item pages
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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
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Omeka behind the scenes
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A basic Omeka site
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Browse items
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Item detail
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Browse exhibits
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Exhibit item
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Create items
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Add files to items
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Create an exhibit
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Choose a page layout
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Add items to your page
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Manage users
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Change site theme
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Add plugins
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Omeka in the Archives
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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
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HIST285 project
Research a technology at Drexel Develop a thesis, and find supporting
material in the Archives Create a digital exhibition in Omeka
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A HIST285 Omeka exhibit
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Another HIST285 exhibit
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Administrative stuff
One Omeka account per project group One Omeka “expert” per project group Specialized instructions Specialized scan request form Access to scans
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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