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Introduction to Omeka
Omeka is a free, open-source web-publishing platform that allows users to display collections of digital items online. It was created by the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media to help historical organizations build searchable digital collections and exhibits. The document introduces Omeka.net, the hosted version of Omeka that provides 500MB of free storage. It notes that users should pay attention to image sizes to avoid large file sizes that exceed the storage limit. Dublin Core is a standard for describing digital objects that Omeka uses to organize collection metadata in a way that is accessible and searchable.
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Introduction to Omeka
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- 3. Signupforfreeaccount Follow the instructionsyou were given by Professor Holliday
- 4. What is Omeka? •The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media began building Omeka in 2006; they wanted to abstract the technologies they were using repeatedly to build historical websites, all of which required setting up a searchable database that was integrated with an online exhibit.- Amanda French • The free, open source, downloadable version of Omeka is available at omeka.org. • We are using hosted version of Omeka which is available at omeka.net • Storage for the free account is capped at 500 MB • Pay attention to you image size, avoid tifs
- 5. Why use Omeka? •Database standards: make sure info is organized in such a way that future users can easily find info they are looking for. • --------------------- • Looks pretty but only useful if future user cares about book color and not book content https://flic.kr/p/2NwbJL
- 6. What is Omeka? •Databases: • Used to organize information in such a way that it is easily • Accessed • Managed • Updated • http://www.faculty.umb.edu/william_holmes/databasedefinitions.htm • http://wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php/Database
- 7. What is DublinCore? • Dublin Core is a metadata standard used by libraries and archives for digital items that consists of 15 basic fields that can be used to describe any digital object, no matter what it is
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- #4 Preparation Go to omeka.net and click the big “Sign up!” button. Sign up for the free Basic plan. When you submit the form, you will be emailed an activation link and a username and password. If you don’t get the email, check your spam folder. Feel free to explore Omeka on your own while I take you through it.
- #5 Introduction – What is Omeka? (10 minutes) Omeka is a simple, free web publishing system built by and for scholars that is used by hundreds of archives, historical societies, libraries, museums, and individual researchers and teachers to create searchable online databases and scholarly online interpretations of their digital collections. If you have a digital collection of primary sources that you want to publish online in a scholarly way, you’ll want to consider Omeka. “Omeka” (pronounced oh-MEH-ka) is a Swahili word meaning “to display or lay out wares” – swahili_english.enacademic.com/11461/omeka The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media began building Omeka in 2006; they wanted to abstract the technologies they were using repeatedly to build historical websites, all of which required setting up a searchable database that was integrated with an online exhibit.
- #7 Introduction – What is Omeka? (10 minutes) Omeka is a simple, free web publishing system built by and for scholars that is used by hundreds of archives, historical societies, libraries, museums, and individual researchers and teachers to create searchable online databases and scholarly online interpretations of their digital collections. If you have a digital collection of primary sources that you want to publish online in a scholarly way, you’ll want to consider Omeka. “Omeka” (pronounced oh-MEH-ka) is a Swahili word meaning “to display or lay out wares” – swahili_english.enacademic.com/11461/omeka The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media began building Omeka in 2006; they wanted to abstract the technologies they were using repeatedly to build historical websites, all of which required setting up a searchable database that was integrated with an online exhibit. http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march10/kucsma/03kucsma.html
- #8 Introduction – What is Omeka? (10 minutes) Omeka is a simple, free web publishing system built by and for scholars that is used by hundreds of archives, historical societies, libraries, museums, and individual researchers and teachers to create searchable online databases and scholarly online interpretations of their digital collections. If you have a digital collection of primary sources that you want to publish online in a scholarly way, you’ll want to consider Omeka. “Omeka” (pronounced oh-MEH-ka) is a Swahili word meaning “to display or lay out wares” – swahili_english.enacademic.com/11461/omeka The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media began building Omeka in 2006; they wanted to abstract the technologies they were using repeatedly to build historical websites, all of which required setting up a searchable database that was integrated with an online exhibit. http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march10/kucsma/03kucsma.html