Instructor: Sharon Leon
Requirements:
- A laptop
- Sample materials (several images, pdfs, and audiovisual files would be great)
- A free Omeka.net Basic account – sign up at www.omeka.net/signup
In this hands-on workshop for beginners, we will concentrate on the ways that humanities scholars and cultural heritage professionals can use Omeka (omeka.org) to build of collections-based websites. Omeka is a free and open source web publishing platform that offers a flexible way for users without a lot of technical expertise to publish digital collections and to embed those collection materials in a range of contextual data. During our time together, we will cover:
- the basic structure of an Omeka repository
- configuring and choosing a theme for an Omeka site
- adding items to an Omeka repository (Dublin Core Metadata, file upload, etc.)
- creating and using Collections to group materials
- extending the basic Omeka functionality with plugins
- creating many items quickly
- using controlled vocabularies with metadata fields
- creating relationships among items and collections
- using Exhibit Building to create exhibits
- collecting materials and stories from visitors
- integrating Omeka with Zotero, Wikipedia, and other social networking sites
