Week 11: Building the Pieces – An Archive (Understanding Metadata and Omeka)
Class Prep for March 26:
- Work on your Museum Assignment due on March 26
- Read: Owens, Digital Sources & Digital Archives: The Evidentiary Basis of Digital History
- Skim: Library of Congress, “Personal Archiving,” part of the Digital Preservation
- Explore: Dublin Core, “Metadata Basics.”
- Skim: Working with Dublin Core, Omeka Classic User Manual
- Metadata in Omeka Before we can build an exhibit, we need items in our Omeka site. You will need to find and upload 5 primary sources (preferably image-based or audio-visual [a/v] based) that relate to whatever topic you plan to do for your final project.
- Find 5 primary sources that relate to that topic AND load the citation into Zotero, as well as upload the images and/or audio-visual (a/v) sources into your WordPress media library
In Class (March 26):
- Lecture: What is Dublin Core? Metadata, CMS, and Omeka
- Skills Assessment: Create Omeka CMS. For this skills assessment you will add primary sources to your Omeka archive (for your final project). Add each one of your five sources as items and use the metadata fields to describe the item.
- Each item should be fully described in the metadata, though you do not necessarily have to use every Dublin Core field. Be sure to include a reference to the place you found the source in the appropriate field, and a copyright statement as appropriate.
- Once you’ve added all your items, ensure that each one has been made public on the Edit item page.
- Submit the link to your collection on your website (page/post).
After Class (due by Noon on March 28):
- Blog Post #5: Start to think about Organizing Your Own Content
- Using your Museum Project as a guide, think about how you want your digital exhibition to look. Write a blog post, answering:
- What are the primary goals of the website?
- Who is the primary audience of this website? Secondary audiences?
- What do you want these specific audiences to accomplish when they come to the site?
- What content/actions do you want to prioritize?
- What sections will this website include?
- Using your Museum Project as a guide, think about how you want your digital exhibition to look. Write a blog post, answering:
In Class (March 28):
- Continue – Skills Assessment: Create Omeka CMS. For this skills assessment you will add primary sources to your Omeka archive (for your final project). Add each one of your five sources as items and use the metadata fields to describe the item.
- Each item should be fully described in the metadata, though you do not necessarily have to use every Dublin Core field. Be sure to include a reference to the place you found the source in the appropriate field, and a copyright statement as appropriate.
- Once you’ve added all your items, ensure that each one has been made public on the Edit item page.
- Submit the link to your collection on your website (page/post).
After Class (due by Noon on April 2):
- Omeka CMS Skills Assessment
- If you have not done so already: Add a copyright notice and, if you wish, an open-access license (Creative Commons) to your website.
- Locate the icon to add to your site
- Instructions to add CC to your WordPress Site: Creative Commons – WordPress.com Support
- For traditional copyright, you can use this Plugin: Copyright plugin for wordpress – Copyright content protection for wordpress website |
- You should do this for every website you create in this course.
- Finish your Blog Post #5: Start to think about Organizing Your Own Content
- April 4: Final Project Outline Due
Dublin Core and Omeka Resources
- Omeka – Metadata and CMS Questions: Complete Tutorial
- Individual Tutorials:
- Watch: Getting Started with Omeka – 1