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ASHLEY SANDERS, PH.D.CLAREMONT COLLEGES LIBRARY
GETTING OFF THE GROUND WITH OMEKA
Last Updated: October 14, 2015
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ROAD MAP
1. What is Omeka?2. Your Dashboard3. Adding Items: Metadata4. Creating Collections5. Exhibit-Building6. Adding Plugins: Expanding
Possibilities7. Making your site searchable8. Managing Appearance9. Managing Users
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1. WHAT IS OMEKA?
•Searchable Scholarly Database
•Web Publishing Platform
•Exhibit Builder
•Built by & for Scholars
•Open Source
•CHNM @ George Mason
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Swahili“to display or lay out wares;
to speak out; to spread out; to
unpack”
WHAT DOES “OMEKA” MEAN?
1. What is Omeka?
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WHAT IS CHNM?
•Center at George Mason University•Mission: to use “digital media and computer technology to democratize history”•Funding: Federal agencies, such as NEH, and private foundations that support education, including IMLS, Mellon, Sloan, and Kress
1. What is Omeka?
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2. YOUR DASHBOARD
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3. Adding Items
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3. Adding Items
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3. Adding Items
Publication, archive, website
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3. Adding Items
Donor or person entering item
Rights statement from archive or CC license
Ex: 3”x5” B/W photograph
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3. Adding Items
For more see: https://omeka.org/codex/Item_Types
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3. Adding Items
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3. Adding Items
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TAGS: THE KEY TO SEARCH
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MORE ON TAGS…
TAGS are the keywords, the descriptors of your items, by which you can relate and group sources and help your visitors find what they’re looking for.
Use SimpleVocab plugin to easily add a controlled vocabulary for your tags.
Install SimpleVocabPlus plugin to create a clickable tag cloud like this…
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4. CREATING COLLECTIONS
For more on creating collections, see: https://omeka.org/codex/Managing_Collections
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5. EXHIBIT BUILDING
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5. EXHIBIT BUILDING
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6. ADDING PLUGINS: EXPANDING POSSIBILITIES
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6. ADDING PLUGINS: EXPANDING POSSIBILITIES
www.omeka.org/add-ons/plugins
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PLUGINS: RECOMMENDATIONS
•Bulk Metadata Editor•Contribution:
Allows others to contribute to your collection
•Digital Object Linker: embed digital images from external sources on item pages
•Exhibit Builder: an absolute must
•Flickr Import•Item Order:
custom order items in collections
•PDF Embed•PDF Text: makes
PDF text searchable•Posters:
Create interpretive posters using Omeka items
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BULK UPLOAD
PluginsCSV Import
Dropbox
InstructionsCSV Import Instructions
Dropbox Plugin Instructions
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7. MAKING YOUR SITE SEARCHABLE
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7. MAKING YOUR SITE SEARCHABLE
To enable your visitors to search by specific metadata elements:1.Install SimpleVocab plugin to create a controlled vocabulary
• This also makes adding Tags to items much easier
2.Install SearchByMetadata plugin• Instructions for SearchByMetadata plugin
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8. MANAGING APPEARANCE
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8. MANAGING APPEARANCE
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9. MANAGING USERS
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9. MANAGING USERS
Roles:
1.Super: only users with access to the Settings panel2.Admin: add & edit items, collections, files, exhibits, and use any installed plugins3.Researcher: view items & collections that are not public4.Contributor: add & edit their own items, view non-public items, create their own exhibit
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
•http://omeka.org/codex/Documentation
•Using Omeka with other tools & plugins
•Questions? Search the Forum