Open Source Digital Archives Displays

[Zachary Newell]

We just started using Omeka.org for some of our material. We don't have a lot of experience with it but I know it can be fully integrated with WordPress.  Many history departments are using it including Worcester State University which has a digital history project worth checking out. http://www.digitalworcester.org/

It might not be feasible to host the site yourself and therefore might cost a bit to have Omeka host it for you. Worth checking out anyway.

Zach

Zachary Newell
Humanities Librarian
Salem State University Library
Central Campus 283-E
znewell at salemstate.edu
978.542.7406
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I'm using Greenstone for my class project too. It's highly recommended by our instructor. The installation shouldn't be very hard. May give it a try.

On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Wilhelmina Randtke <randtke at gmail.com<mailto:randtke at gmail.com>> wrote:
I used Greenstone for a simple photo sharing project with classmates during library school.  It takes some technical skill to install - you need to know a little unix to install Greenstone.  Once it is installed, the interface is more graphical.  The look and feel can be customized through a series of forms, accounts can be made for people to upload photos and enter metadata.  It automatically includes Dublin Core fields, and you can create custom metadata fields.  You can also get plug-ins to ingest metadata in XML, MARC, CDS/ISIS, ProCite, BibTex, Refer, OAI, DSpace, METS forms.

In Greenstone, straight uploading photos, entering metadata, and tweaking the color scheme and graphics in the interface was simple.  Installing the initial set-up was a little complicated.  I'm fairly technical (from the library side, not the IT side), had access to someone who had worked with Greenstone before, and could do the install OK.

University of Florida digital libraries uses Greenstone, with in-house modifications:  http://digital.uflib.ufl.edu/

>From talking to people who have used both, Greenstone and Omeka are comparable.

-Wilhelmina Randtke



On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 9:02 AM, Slavinski, Kate <slavinskik1 at owls.southernct.edu<mailto:slavinskik1 at owls.southernct.edu>> wrote:

I am in the process of creating a digital display of old photographs for the archives where I work, and I was wondering if anyone can share some good experiences with open source software for digital photograph displays.

Thank you for your help,

Kate Slavinski

MLS Student

Southern Connecticut State University

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