Jekyll2017-09-12T15:06:10-04:00http://info.omeka.net//Omeka.netA hosted service for Omeka, web publishing software for cultural institutions. Refreshed and Renewed2017-08-28T00:00:00-04:002017-08-28T00:00:00-04:00http://info.omeka.net/2017/08/refreshed-and-renewed<p>Today marks the launch of a new look for Omeka.net, and many new benefits for users. Now is the time to sign up for an account to take advantage of our new pricing structure, enhanced functionality options, and additional storage.</p> <p>We’ve reduced the prices for our most popular plans:</p> <ul> <li>Plus Plan is now $35 a year</li> <li>Silver Plan is now $75 a year</li> </ul> <p>Silver, Gold, and Platinum plans now include a number of new plugins that include <a href="http://info.omeka.net/build-a-website/manage-plugins/text-annotation/">text</a> and <a href="http://info.omeka.net/build-a-website/manage-plugins/exhibit-image-annotation/">image</a> annotation, and a way to provide <a href="http://info.omeka.net/build-a-website/manage-plugins/editorial/">editorial feedback</a> on online exhibit drafts, and themes designed specifically to support image-centered work.</p> <p>Finally, all plans now include twice as much storage as before.</p> <p>Omeka.net offers a range of plans to fill many web publishing needs. A tour through our <a href="http://info.omeka.net/showcase/">Showcase</a> offers examples of the ways that Omeka.net users are making the most of the platform. Explore the sites that have similar project goals, such as collecting user contributions, and discover which plan will let you develop your project with the features you need.</p> <p>Once you’re ready to sign up for an account or to upgrade to a new plan, we have created an <a href="http://omeka.net/signup/">easy plan comparison page</a> to help you find the right solution for your web publishing needs. Choose from up to eight options of site features, such as “collect user submissions,” “Display data on maps,” or “Annotate text or images,” and click “Show me my plan” to find the best fit for your project.</p> <p><img src="http://info.omeka.net/images/showcase_redesign.png" alt="The new showcase page, with four sites featured: Big Stuff, Stark &amp; Subtle Divisions, Appalachian Dulcimer Archive, and Hermoupolis Digital Heritage Management" /></p> <p>The next step is to get started building your with Omeka.net, and we <a href="http://info.omeka.net/help/">provide a set of easy-to-use instructions</a> for planning, building, and launching a website.</p> <p>Sign-up or upgrade today!</p>Sharon LeonToday marks the launch of a new look for Omeka.net, and many new benefits for users. Now is the time to sign up for an account to take advantage of our new pricing structure, enhanced functionality options, and additional storage.Coming Soon: More Plugins, Themes, Storage2017-08-04T00:00:00-04:002017-08-04T00:00:00-04:00http://info.omeka.net/2017/08/coming-soon-more-plugins-themes-storage<p>We’re happy to share some upcoming improvements and changes to Omeka.net!</p> <p>Our website, including Help pages, and account dashboards are getting a fresh new look. We’re adding new plugins and themes, and updating the features included in existing plans. We’ve revamped the Showcase to not only highlight sites using Omeka.net but also help visitors learn more about them - for example, explaining which plan and plugins each site is using. Changes to the Help section should make it easier to quickly find what you’re looking for.</p> <p>Soon, subscribers at the Silver level and above will now have access to the Search by Metadata and Item Relations plugins.</p> <p>We are adding three new plugins to the Gold and Platinum plans:</p> <ul> <li>Editorial, which allows private feedback and discussion on exhibit pages</li> <li>Exhibit Image Annotation, which lets users create publicly visible annotations on exhibit file blocks</li> <li>Text Annotation, which allows users to annotate text on the public and admin sides of an Omeka.net site</li> </ul> <p>Users with Gold and Platinum plans will get three new themes: The Daily, Big Picture, and Center Row. These themes will appeal to art historians, artists, and anyone who wants images to be the main focus of their Omeka.net site.</p> <p>Since we launched Omeka.net in 2010, we have not raised our prices, even as the landscape for hosted web publishing solutions has changed over time. To reflect the addition of new plugins and themes, we are making some adjustments to plan prices and storage level:</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th><strong>Plan</strong></th> <th>Trial</th> <th>Plus</th> <th>Silver</th> <th>Gold</th> <th>Platinum</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>Price</strong></td> <td>free</td> <td>$35/year</td> <td>$75/year</td> <td>$350/year</td> <td>$1,000/year</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Storage</strong></td> <td>500 MB</td> <td>2 GB</td> <td>5 GB</td> <td>10 GB</td> <td>50 GB</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Sites</strong></td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>10</td> <td>unlimited</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><em>The Trial plan replaces the Basic plan for new users. The Trial plan will offer fewer features than the Basic plan. However, all current Basic users will maintain access to the plugins and themes they currently enjoy. New prices will only take effect upon renewal for existing customers.</em></p> <p>These changes will take place by the end of the summer - keep an eye out for an announcement of the all-new look and revised plans!</p> <p>(There are no special rates, but we are happy to discuss custom storage, support, and hosting plans.)</p>Sharon LeonWe’re happy to share some upcoming improvements and changes to Omeka.net!Site Highlight: Hermoupolis Digital Heritage Management (HERMES) Wins Europa Nostra Award2016-07-12T07:00:56-04:002016-07-12T07:00:56-04:00http://info.omeka.net/2016/07/site-highlight-hermoupolis-digital-heritage-management-hermes-wins-europa-nostra-award<p>Recently, an Omeka.net site, <a href="http://hermoupolis.omeka.net/">Hermoupolis Digital Heritage Management</a>, won the most prestigious European Union Prize on Cultural Heritage, the <a href="http://www.europanostra.org/awards/166/">Europa Nostra Award</a>, in Digitalisation and Research.</p> <!--more--> <p>From the site itself:</p> <blockquote> <p>HERMES (HERitage Management E System) is a Digital Heritage Collection of Historic Buildings. It is the result of an 8 year research conducted by National Technical University of Athens and Municipality of Hermoupolis. The main objective of this research is to evaluate the vulnerability of historic buildings and propose a decision-making model ranking the need of intervention in a historic building stock.</p> </blockquote> <p>We are excited Omeka.net was able to provide the framework for this interesting and important project. Congratulations!</p>Ken AlbersRecently, an Omeka.net site, Hermoupolis Digital Heritage Management, won the most prestigious European Union Prize on Cultural Heritage, the Europa Nostra Award, in Digitalisation and Research.Site Highlight: Stark and Subtle Divisions2016-03-31T09:30:07-04:002016-03-31T09:30:07-04:00http://info.omeka.net/2016/03/site-highlight-stark-and-subtle-divisions<div id="attachment_3036" style="width: 160px" class="wp-caption alignleft"> <img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-3036" src="http://info.omeka.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/me-w-Radcliffe-swimsuit-150x150.jpg" alt="Dr Morgan seated at a desk holding a vintage swimsuit." width="150" height="150" /> <p class="wp-caption-text"> Marilyn Morgan </p> </div> <p>Archivist, historian, educator, and baker of all things chocolate, Marilyn Morgan (<a href="https://twitter.com/mare_morgan">@mare_morgan</a>), investigates—and encourages students to explore—social trends, cultural stereotypes, and discrimination throughout American history. Her class site, <a href="https://bosdesca.omeka.net/">Stark &amp; Subtle Divisions: A Collaborative History of Segregation in Boston</a>, showcases letters, photographs, legal documents, artifacts, and interviews that explore the federally-mandated desegregation of Boston public schools. Unearthing materials from various Boston-area archives, students selected a representative sampling and used Omeka.net to present them together in new collaborative context. The site runs on an Omeka.net <a href="http://info.omeka.net/signup/">Platinum</a> plan</p> <h3 id="1-briefly-explain-how-you-came-to-the-project">1. Briefly explain how you came to the project.</h3> <p>Last year, I became the Director of the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/gradstudieshistoryumb/">Archives Program (History MA) at UMass Boston</a> and created a new course “Transforming Archives and History in a Digital Age.” My goals for this course involved having students: conduct primary research in local collections, select and scan materials, create metadata for digitized items, build a collaborative digital archive, develop subject-area expertise, and design an online exhibit. Because I teach history and archives, I focused the class on a historical topic—the desegregation of Boston Public Schools (BPS). Last year marked the 40th anniversary of the federally-mandated integration of BPS; various separate archives in the area hold collections that document that complex history.</p> <p>As I was developing my course, Giordana Mecagni, Head of <a href="https://library.northeastern.edu/archives-special-collections">Archives and Special Collections at Northeastern University</a> initiated a comprehensive cross-institutional scanning project to make archival materials related to the desegregation of BPS available in a large digital library. <a href="https://blc.org/">Boston Library Consortium</a> funded the project that is supported by the technical infrastructure of the <a href="http://dp.la/">DPLA</a> and <a href="https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/">Digital Commonwealth</a>. This year, work my students are completing for their Omeka site—scanning and creating metadata for <a href="http://www.cityofboston.gov/archivesandrecords/">Boston City Archives</a>—is feeding into the larger BLC initiative.</p> <!--more--> <h3 id="2-why-did-you-decide-to-build-on-omekanet-as-opposed-to-a-standalone-omeka-site-or-some-other-platform">2. Why did you decide to build on Omeka.net, as opposed to a standalone Omeka site or some other platform?</h3> <p>Omeka provides a wonderful teaching tool for archivists and historians. It gives students hands-on experience implementing archival theory; it permits them to showcase historical research; and, ultimately, it enables them to create digital history for a public audience.</p> <p>Before I created my course, I searched for platforms that would meet my teaching goals. I wanted students to learn technical skills and acquire hands-on experience implementing practices used by digital archivists. But I also wanted students to immerse themselves in scholarly historical research and to create engaging and educational exhibits for a general audience. There aren’t many platforms that allow one to accomplish all of that.</p> <p>While other exhibit-building platforms exist, Omeka allows students to create a digital archive from start to finish. This entails selecting and scanning documents then creating metadata for digitized images. That back-end work teaches essential technical skills that aspiring archivists and digital historians need to hone. Equally important, when constructing Omeka exhibits, students must think critically about the items collectively and weave together narratives that form cohesive exhibits.</p> <p>To be honest, circumstances beyond my control affected my decision to use Omeka.net instead of creating a standalone site. My university did not have the technical infrastructure to support the standalone Omeka site. With Omeka.net there’s no need to have IT support or server space. I was pleased to discover that Omeka.net doesn’t limit one’s creativity in building a site.</p> <h3 id="3-what-piece-of-advice-would-you-offer-to-someone-planning-to-use-omekanet-with-a-class-of-graduate-students">3. What piece of advice would you offer to someone planning to use Omeka.net with a class of graduate students?</h3> <p>Build in plenty of time to learn and experiment, don’t be afraid to take risks, collaborate, and don’t get discouraged!</p> <p>When I decided to use Omeka.net in my course, I had absolutely zero experience using the platform. I confessed to my students in the first class that I had no idea if we’d be able to build the robust site we envisioned; but, even if we failed, we would have learned a great deal. I encouraged them not to obsess over individual grades and to approach this as a truly collaborative project—by the nature of the project, either we all succeeded or we all failed, to some degree.</p> <p>Collaboration proved key to building a successful site in many ways. I’d advise anyone beginning to teach with Omeka to identify local resources—both people and collections at local archives or libraries—that you can incorporate into your site’s construction. When beginning this project, I blindly reached out to Marta Crilly, Archivist for Reference and Outreach at <a href="http://www.cityofboston.gov/archivesandrecords/">Boston City Archives</a>—I knew they housed ample material related to our topic. Over the past year and a half, Marta and I developed a mutually beneficial collaboration. I reached out to librarians, archivists, an audio engineer, and even a copyright attorney, at local institutions; the input of each helped me to create a robust site.</p> <h3 id="4-how-did-using-omeka-change-your-andor-your-students-thinking-about-the-content">4. How did using Omeka change your and/or your students’ thinking about the content?</h3> <p>Our project’s topic—de facto segregation and the federally-mandated desegregation of Boston Public Schools—provoked deep controversy in Boston. In the mid-1970s, the issue of desegregation provoked violent confrontations and pitted white neighborhood against black neighborhood. Over forty years later, the topic continues to ignite heated reactions locally.</p> <p>Perhaps one of the biggest surprises was learning that the heated reactions to desegregation of Boston Public Schools reached far beyond Boston. Using Omeka’s map tool, students could demonstrate that individuals from around the nation and the globe watched the media report on this issue. In the sampling of letters students selected, they discussed letters sent from as far away as Mexico, Germany, and Australia.</p> <p>Using Omeka, I realized quickly that creating an interactive digital exhibit on this controversial topic posed unique challenges that writing a traditional paper did not. If we proceeded incorrectly, instead of educating, we could provoke anger or alienate.</p> <p>Many complex circumstances surrounded the intense reactions to desegregation including racism, class disparity, ethnic antagonism, political maneuverings, and contests for authority between local, state and federal agencies. As students dug into the archives and shaped exhibits in Omeka, we learned that race alone could not predict whether one supported or opposed desegregation of BPS. For instance, violent opposition to the decision to desegregate schools didn’t necessarily indicate opposition to school integration. Some citizens (black and white) championed school integration but vehemently protested the plan’s implementation—“forced busing” of their young children to schools far away from their neighborhoods.</p> <p>Omeka helps us to convey the complexity of this emotionally-charged issue by showcasing the documents individually and allowing us to group them collectively to tell a narrative. In this way, exhibits can capture the raw fears, violence, and racist behaviors alongside of the hopefulness, compassion, and peaceful approaches.</p> <h3 id="5-what-is-one-of-your-favorite-items-from-the-site-to-share-when-talking-about-it">5. What is one of your favorite items from the site to share (when talking about it)?</h3> <p>Letters written by third and sixth grade students to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_White_%28mayor%29">Mayor Kevin H. White</a> constitute my favorite group of items. Some of the young letter-writers expressed fears while others boldly proposed nonviolent solutions to school integration. While it’s difficult to pick one favorite, the letter below stands within my top three.</p> <p><a href="https://bosdesca.omeka.net/items/show/30">Writing on colorful stationary</a>, the eleven-year-old student poignantly pleads that the mayor bus the teachers, not the students, “then maybe there wouldn’t be anymore stabbings and fights.”</p> <p><a href="https://bosdesca.omeka.net/items/show/30"><img class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-3035" src="http://info.omeka.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/starksubtle2-150x150.png" alt="starksubtle2" width="150" height="150" /></a></p> <p>The letter below, <a href="https://bosdesca.omeka.net/items/show/194">written by a third-grade student</a>, writes “this is what I want” above a crayon drawing of a white child and a black child shaking hands.</p> <p><a href="https://bosdesca.omeka.net/items/show/194"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-3034 size-thumbnail" src="http://info.omeka.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/starksubtle3-150x150.jpg" alt="starksubtle3" width="150" height="150" /></a></p> <p>Omeka makes it possible to view the handwritten letters—complete with misspellings and mistakes—and freehand drawings that children used to convey sentiments more clearly than words. These personal details add immeasurably to the content of the letters. They also convey the extent to which concerns about desegregation of BPS permeated the physical and emotional well-being of many Boston’s residents—even children.</p> <h3 id="6-what-is-the-benefit-to-using-omeka-as-a-teaching-tool">6. What is the benefit to using Omeka as a teaching tool?</h3> <p>Traditional research papers function as a dialogue between student and professor; creating a project in Omeka expands the discourse and fosters a collaborative working environment. The tasks of learning new technology, conducting historical research, applying archival theory, acquiring subject-area expertise, clearing permissions, and presenting findings in a public forum can be overwhelming when undertaken by one individual. As a result, when using Omeka, students quickly learn to actively collaborate with one another, sharing discoveries that might benefit a classmate’s exhibit or teaching technical tips. I’m so pleased that my decision to teach with Omeka allows graduate students to simultaneously learn new skills, apply theory to practice, and contribute to public education in a practical way.</p>Megan BrettMarilyn MorganUpgraded to Omeka 2.42016-02-17T10:56:56-05:002016-02-17T10:56:56-05:00http://info.omeka.net/2016/02/upgraded-to-omeka-2-4<p>All Omeka.net sites have been upgraded to the latest version of Omeka, 2.4. The major improvement with this version is better handling of media files, which you can read about <a href="http://info.omeka.net/media-files/">here</a>. To keep up with the changing browser support landscape, Omeka.net now uses HTML 5’s audio and video tags when embedding audio and video.</p> <p>Although this change generally means better media support on newer browsers, it may mean worse support on older ones, especially for older video formats. If you do encounter any issues with the display of your media files, <a href="http://info.omeka.net/contact/">please let us know</a>.</p>Ken AlbersAll Omeka.net sites have been upgraded to the latest version of Omeka, 2.4. The major improvement with this version is better handling of media files, which you can read about here. To keep up with the changing browser support landscape, Omeka.net now uses HTML 5’s audio and video tags when embedding audio and video.Site Highlight: Corbett’s Bookshop2016-02-02T06:00:17-05:002016-02-02T06:00:17-05:00http://info.omeka.net/2016/02/site-highlight-corbetts-bookshop<p>This is the first in a series of posts highlighting sites built on Omeka.net.</p> <p><img class="alignleft wp-image-2993 size-thumbnail" style="margin-right: 5px; border: none;" src="http://info.omeka.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/PIC_1220-150x150.jpg" alt="Claire Boreham" width="150" height="150" align="left" />Claire Boreham (<a href="https://twitter.com/archive_claire">@archive_claire</a>) is a postgraduate student in Archives Administration at <span class="s1">Aberystwyth University</span>. Her site, <em><a href="http://corbettsbookshop.omeka.net/">William Corbett’s Bookshop</a></em>, allows visitors to browse the contents of an early seventeenth century bookseller’s shop in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, reconstructed from his will and inventory. The site is running on an Omeka.net <a href="http://info.omeka.net/signup/">Platinum</a> plan.</p> <p>&lt;/br&gt;</p> <p><strong>How did you come across William Corbett’s will and inventory?</strong></p> <p>I put together <em>Corbett’s Bookshop</em> as an undergraduate student at <a href="http://www.ncl.ac.uk/">Newcastle University</a>, as part of a project called <em>Making the Archive Public: Digital Skills, Research and Public Engagement</em> – I was one of a group of students who were given training to help us develop digital collections using Omeka. I would love to take the credit for finding Corbett’s will and inventory, but actually they were brought to my attention by Dr Ruth Connolly, who was supervising me for the project. The documents are in <a href="https://www.dur.ac.uk/library/asc/">Durham University Special Collections</a>, and I was immediately captivated by them: they provide such a vivid snapshot of a specific place and time in history. I thought it was really cool that we have an actual list of all the books that were stocked in a bookshop almost four hundred years ago, and I could see the potential for a really interesting Omeka site.</p> <p><strong>Why did you decide to build on Omeka.net, as opposed to a standalone Omeka site or some other platform?</strong></p> <p>At the start of the project, Shawn Day from Queen’s University Belfast gave us a great afternoon of training on how to use Omeka.net. He told us to think of exhibitions as ways of telling stories, which, even though I must have been to hundreds of museum exhibits in my life, wasn’t something I’d ever really thought about before. Using Omeka is a great way of telling stories with specific items in much the same way as a physical exhibition, but without any of the physical limitations. I don’t know (I wish I did!) what became of the actual books that William Corbett stocked in his shop, but using Omeka I was able to start to recreate his shelves, by gathering together digital images of books held in libraries across the UK, and linking to the full texts of the books transcribed by the <a href="http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/tcp-eebo/">Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership</a>.</p> <p><em>Corbett’s Bookshop</em> sort of became my baby, but it was also an extra-curricular side-project going on at the same time as my dissertation and final year exams, so I had limited time to work on it. I wouldn’t have even been able to attempt it if I’d had to do anything too large-scale or too technical in terms of building the site itself. Using Omeka.net meant that a lot of the work was done for me, and I could really focus on putting together the content.</p> <p><strong>Has using Omeka changed the way you think about the books and documents which make up the site’s content? If so, how?</strong></p> <p>As I was going through the process of identifying the books listed in the inventory, I was struck by just how many were to do with theology. Putting the items on the site into <a href="http://corbettsbookshop.omeka.net/collections/browse">collections</a> so that the user could browse by genre brought this home to me even more: there are more than 20 <a href="http://corbettsbookshop.omeka.net/collections/show/1">Bibles</a> listed in the inventory, along with prayer books, psalm books, and over 40 other works about <a href="http://corbettsbookshop.omeka.net/collections/show/2">theology</a>. To put this into context, there are nine <a href="http://corbettsbookshop.omeka.net/collections/show/5">classical texts</a>, five or so dictionaries and other <a href="http://corbettsbookshop.omeka.net/collections/show/3">reference</a> books, and only one book, <em>Amadis de Gaule</em>, which could be straightforwardly described as a work of fiction. Studying English Literature, I’d got the impression that early modern readers were all reading plays, and poetry, and history – but really, overwhelmingly, the bestsellers were books about the Bible. Religion was such an integral part of people’s lives, and that’s reflected in the books they bought.</p> <p><strong>What piece of advice would you give someone who wants to build a project like yours?</strong></p> <p>Something I wish I’d known before I started the project is just how helpful librarians and archivists are. For some reason, I was under the impression that Special Collections was a really scary place, guarded by dragons who didn’t want grubby-fingered researchers going near their stuff. I could not have been more wrong. All the librarians and archivists I spoke to went to incredible lengths to help me find what I was looking for, provide me with digital copies, answer my questions, and explain complicated copyright things to me. They are lovely people who really, really do want people to use their stuff – that’s what they’re there for.</p> <p><strong>What is one of your favourite items from the site to share?</strong></p> <p>There’s one book on the site which is unusual because it’s listed not in the inventory, but in William Corbett’s will. In his will Corbett left “one great hearball” to someone called Robert Wolfe – a ‘herbal’, a book describing plants and their medicinal properties. I’ve illustrated this on the site with a copy of ‘<a href="http://corbettsbookshop.omeka.net/items/show/99">A New Herbal, or History of Plants’ by Rembert Dodoens</a>, a popular herbal from the time.</p> <p><a href="http://corbettsbookshop.omeka.net/items/show/99"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-2994 size-thumbnail" src="http://info.omeka.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/herball-150x150.jpg" alt="herball" width="150" height="150" style="border: none" /></a></p> <p>I’ve picked this item because it raises so many questions – who was Robert Wolfe? Why did Corbett leave him this book in particular, out of over a thousand that were listed in the inventory when he died? What happened to the rest of the books? Did Robert Wolfe, or Corbett’s wife Elizabeth, take over the bookshop? There’s a whole narrative here, and I’ve really only scratched the surface so far.</p>Megan BrettThis is the first in a series of posts highlighting sites built on Omeka.net.Collaborate in class with Omeka2015-08-20T07:31:38-04:002015-08-20T07:31:38-04:00http://info.omeka.net/2015/08/collaborate-in-class-with-omeka<p>Have you thought about using Omeka.net with your students this fall? With one-click options to install plugins, sites are quick to set-up and easy to manage. Your students can sign up for their own Omeka.net accounts and build their own sites as well as collaborate on sites which you own. Small groups can work together to describe resources and build exhibits. You can even use Omeka.net to create a repository of sources to use as a teaching resource.</p> <p>While the basic plan gives you a site and great plugins to work with, <a href="https://www.omeka.net/signup">purchasing a paid Omeka.net</a> plan offers increased storage as well as opportunities to do more with your and your students’ content.</p> <p>Want to build a collecting site, gathering materials from a community – your town, the university or college community? With the <a href="https://www.omeka.net/signup">Plus plan</a> ($49/year, 1GB storage), you have access to the <a href="http://info.omeka.net/contribution/">Contribution</a> and <a href="http://info.omeka.net/simplecontactform/">Simple Contact Form</a> plugins. With Contribution, your students can create forms to collect images, stories, video, and more, and decide what metadata to collect for each item type. The SimpleContact gives contributors an easy way to get in touch with questions without having direct access to anyone’s email address. Also included with the Plus plan is the <a href="http://info.omeka.net/simplevocab/">Simple Vocab</a> plugin, which allows you to create controlled vocabularies for metadata elements, a useful option when multiple people are creating content.</p> <p>Want to use maps to geolocate items, to explore historical landscapes? Using <a href="http://info.omeka.net/geolocation/">Geolocation</a> enables location metadata for every item, with the option to include a browsable map of every item on the site in your main navigation. With the plugin you can also add map blocks to exhibits, adding another method of interpretation to those presentations. Geolocation is available with the <a href="https://www.omeka.net/signup">Silver plan</a> ($99/year, 5GB storage), which also allows you to build up to five sites. The Silver plan also includes <a href="http://info.omeka.net/css-editor/">CSS Editor</a>, allowing you to tweak the appearance of the site beyond simply selecting a theme, and <a href="http://info.omeka.net/html5-media/">HTML5 Media</a> for enhanced audiovisual support.</p> <p>If you envision creating multimedia-heavy installations, you might consider the <a href="https://www.omeka.net/signup">Gold</a> plan ($299/year), which gives you 5GB of data, as media files tend to take up a fair amount of server space.</p> <p>Perhaps your entire department is ready to make the move into the world of digital work. Then, the <a href="https://www.omeka.net/signup">Platinum</a> plan ($999/year), with 25GB of storage and an unlimited number of sites, might be right for you.</p> <p>If you or your students want to be able to get content out of the sites at the end of the semester, the <a href="http://info.omeka.net/omeka-api-import/">Omeka API Import plugin</a> offers an easy way to transfer the content of one Omeka site to another, whether on Omeka.net (Silver plans and higher) or on a standalone installation.</p> <p>Have you used Omeka.net for classroom or small group collaboration? Tell us about your experience!</p>Megan BrettHave you thought about using Omeka.net with your students this fall? With one-click options to install plugins, sites are quick to set-up and easy to manage. Your students can sign up for their own Omeka.net accounts and build their own sites as well as collaborate on sites which you own. Small groups can work together to describe resources and build exhibits. You can even use Omeka.net to create a repository of sources to use as a teaching resource.Upgraded to Omeka 2.32015-05-01T07:00:28-04:002015-05-01T07:00:28-04:00http://info.omeka.net/2015/05/upgraded-to-omeka-2-3<p>All Omeka.net sites have been upgraded to Omeka 2.3. This update brings improved accessibility for screen readers and other assistive devices, including <a href="http://a11yproject.com/posts/skip-nav-links/">skip navigation links</a> and other functionality. In addition, the “narrow by specific field” drop-down menu in advanced search now sorts fields according to customized order, rather than alphabetically.</p> <h2 id="new-plugins">New Plugins</h2> <p>This update also brings with it two new plugins: <a href="http://info.omeka.net/locale/">Locale</a> and <a href="http://info.omeka.net/web-services-shortcodes/">Web Services Shortcodes</a>.</p> <p>Locale allows administrators to change the default language of the website text, including some of the helper text on the admin side. The Locale plugin works with many other plugins on Omeka.net, meaning that their default text will be translated as well. At present, Locale supports over forty language; volunteers are welcome to <a href="http://omeka.org/codex/Translate_Omeka">help us expand and improve the translations</a>.</p> <p>The Web Services Shortcodes plugin allows users to embed content from certain websites on pages in your Omeka.net site. For example, you can now embed a visualization from ViewShare in a Simple Page.</p>Megan BrettAll Omeka.net sites have been upgraded to Omeka 2.3. This update brings improved accessibility for screen readers and other assistive devices, including skip navigation links and other functionality. In addition, the “narrow by specific field” drop-down menu in advanced search now sorts fields according to customized order, rather than alphabetically.Consider Omeka for Your Common Heritage Project2015-04-21T08:56:18-04:002015-04-21T08:56:18-04:00http://info.omeka.net/2015/04/consider-omeka-for-your-common-heritage-project<p>Recently the <a href="http://www.neh.gov/" title="NEH">National Endowment for the Humanities</a> announced an unprecedented grant opportunity to fund family and local history. The <a href="http://www.neh.gov/news/press-release/2015-04-20" title="Common Heritage PR">Common Heritage grants</a> call for widespread work to build community and capture history on the ground. The Omeka team shares these goals and is eager to support this work!</p> <p>Consider using the Omeka system as your base of operations for collecting and describing the materials you plan to digitize. Widen your project’s reach by using the Contribution plugins to enable members of the public to upload and describe their born-digital materials. Finally, consider working with your community to narrate their history using the Exhibit Builder plugin.</p> <p>Don’t forget that you don’t have to have your own server space to use Omeka in your Common Heritage project. You can sign up for an <a href="https://www.omeka.net/signup" title="Omeka.net">Omeka.net subscription</a> and leave the hosting, updating, and maintenance to us!</p>Sharon LeonRecently the National Endowment for the Humanities announced an unprecedented grant opportunity to fund family and local history. The Common Heritage grants call for widespread work to build community and capture history on the ground. The Omeka team shares these goals and is eager to support this work!Upgraded!2014-10-16T13:45:33-04:002014-10-16T13:45:33-04:00http://info.omeka.net/2014/10/upgraded<p>All 11,880 Omeka.net websites have been upgraded to Omeka 2.2!</p> <p>The process took a bit longer than we anticipated, and we apologize for the down time. We know you will enjoy the new features and plugins available to you in this upgraded version. For a rundown on what is new in your Omeka.net site, see this blog post, <a href="http://info.omeka.net/2014/09/major-upgrade-coming-soon/">http://info.omeka.net/2014/09/major-upgrade-coming-soon/</a>.</p> <p>To make the transition easier, the Omeka Team updated all of the Help pages and added some screencasts. Please spend some time in the <a href="http://info.omeka.net">Help section</a> to familiarize yourself with what is new in Omeka 2.2.</p> <p>If you are unable to access your Omeka.net website following this upgrade, please <a href="http://info.omeka.net/contact/">contact us</a>.</p>Sheila BrennanAll 11,880 Omeka.net websites have been upgraded to Omeka 2.2!
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