Omeka

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Omeka
Developer(s) Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at
George Mason University (GMU) (2008–2016) Corporation for Digital Scholarship (2016–present)
Initial releaseFebruary 21, 2008 (2008-02-21)
Stable release
3.1.1 [1] / 2023-03-24 [±]
Repository
Written in PHP
Operating system LAMP
Available inEnglish, et al.
Type Content Management System
License GPL-3.0-or-later
Website Omeka

Omeka (also known as Omeka Classic) is a free, open-source content management system for online digital collections. [2] As a web application, it allows users to publish [3] and exhibit cultural heritage objects, and extend its functionality with themes and plugins. A lightweight solution [4] in comparison to traditional institutional repository software like DSpace and Fedora, Omeka has a focus on display and uses an unqualified Dublin Core metadata standard. [5] [6]

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Its software is currently being used by the Newberry Library, as well as many small museums and historical societies. [7] The Missouri School of Journalism uses Omeka to share their archive of 38,000 photographs from the Pictures of the Year International contest. [8] [9] [10]

Originally developed by the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, [11] Omeka was awarded a technology collaboration award by the Andrew Mellon Foundation, [12] and is used to teach curation. [13] [14] Since 2016, the Omeka project has been a project developed by the non-profit Corporation for Digital Scholarship.

In November 2017, the project released Omeka S, a new version of Omeka designed for institutional use, providing the capability to host multiple sites which draw from a common pool of resources, [15] [16] such as Wikidata, in this case through a third-party module. [17] Omeka Classic, the original project, will continue to exist alongside Omeka S with a focus on serving individual projects and educators. [18]

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  2. ↑ Dan, Cohen (2008-02-20). "Introducing Omeka" . Retrieved 2016-08-07.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ↑ Brett, Megan R.; Posner, Miriam (2016-02-24). "Creating an Omeka Exhibit". Programming Historian.
  4. ↑ Saorín Pérez, Tomás (2011). "Exposiciones digitales y reutilización: aplicación del software libre Omeka para la publicación estructurada". Métodos de Información. 2 (2): 29–46. doi: 10.5557/IIMEI2-N2-029046 . ISSN   2173-1241 . Retrieved 2016-08-07– via www.metodosdeinformacion.es.
  5. ↑ Posner, Miriam (2016-02-17). "Up and Running with Omeka.net". Programming Historian (5). doi: 10.46430/phen0060 .
  6. ↑ Juliet L. Hardesty (2014-03-04). "Exhibiting library collections online: Omeka in context". New Library World. 115 (3/4): 75–86. doi:10.1108/NLW-01-2014-0013. hdl: 2022/17627 . ISSN   0307-4803.
  7. ↑ "LIBIS technische partner van Flandrica". LIBIS - Into info. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  8. ↑ "POYi Archive". Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
  9. ↑ "Omeka et Scholarly Editions". 30 June 2016.
  10. ↑ Kucsma, Jason; Reiss, Kevin; Sidman, Angela (2010-01-01). "Using Omeka to Build Digital Collections: The METRO Case Study". D-Lib Magazine. 16 (3): 2. doi: 10.1045/march2010-kucsma . Retrieved 2016-08-07– via Dialnet.
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  14. ↑ Saunders, Catherine E. (2015-09-19). "Using Omeka and Neatline to Facilitate Student Research in a Core Literature Class". Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings. 7 (1): 90. doi: 10.13021/G8359P . ISSN   2379-8432 . Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  15. ↑ Omeka S is a web publication system for universities, galleries, libraries, archives, and museums. It consists of a local network of independently curated exhibits sharing a collaboratively built p.., Omeka, 2019-02-27, retrieved 2019-02-28
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  17. ↑ "nishad / omeka-s-wikidata". Github. 11 July 2022.
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