Omeka

[Wilhelmina Randtke]

Omeka is built around handling items and the Dublin Core records for those
items, and has functionality for common things you would want to do in a
digital library setting. So, yes, you could take Drupal, then look at what
plug ins / settings to install to be able to have an entry screen and
storage for a Dublin Core record.  And look at what plug in to install to
set up an OAI-PMH feed.  And look at what plug in to install to upload a
spreadsheet of metadata, FTP in a bunch of files, and then batch load the
files.  Each library thing you want to do in Drupal will be fringe for the
Drupal community, and will require you to read up on how to do it.  In
Omeka, the library things are built in.  For someone who wants the digital
library without lots of reading documentation in the set-up, Omeka is good
for an out-of-the-box platform to handle items and metadata. Most library
things you want to do in Omeka are core to the Omeka community, so easier
to implement.

If you try to get a simple digital library with OAI-PMH feed set up in
Drupal, then this will make more sense. Even though many flashy displays -
like image carousel - are easier to do, the core digital library things -
like sharing metadata - are harder.

Islandora might be viewed as the just-do-it-in-Drupal option, but because
that's also built on Fedora Commons, it's a much heavier option for server
and technical staff requirements.

-Wilhelmina Randtke
On Jan 4, 2013 9:55 PM, "Charlie4work" <charlie4work at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there some reason that one couldn't use Drupal to do something similar?
>
> - char!ie
>
> On Oct 31, 2012, at 3:56 PM, "Christa E. Van Herreweghe" <
> Christa at UCPL.LIB.MO.US> wrote:
>
> Just wondering if anyone is using this and what you think of it.  A
> colleague is considering Omeka and asked me if I knew anything about it.
> Since I don’t, I thought it would be good to ask all the smart people I
> know.
>
> ******
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> http://omeka.org
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> *****Omeka* is a free, flexible, and open source web-publishing platform
> for the display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and
> exhibitions.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Christa Van Herreweghe
>
> Assistant Director/IT Librarian
>
> University City Public Library
>
> www.ucpl.lib.mo.us
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