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The
Vassar
College
Costume
Collection
and
HistoricDress.
org
INSIDE A DIGITAL
COLLECTION:
HISTORIC CLOTHING
IN OMEKA
BACKGROUND
THE
COLLECTION
f rom an
Excel
spreadsheet
to a
Fi lemaker
Database
VASSAR AS ONE OF MANY
Integrated Access
D EM O C O LLEC T IO NS
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD3911043917853AE
THE
COLLECTION
“Omeka is a free, flexible, and open
source web-publishing platform for
the display of library, museum,
archives, and scholarly collections
and exhibitions.” http ://omeka.org
http ://omeka.org/about/
ht tp ://www.omeka.net
see more in Par t 1 of the screencasts at
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OMEKA
• free
• open-source
• server-based, so you need a
web hosting provider
• requires tech support for
installation and
maintenance
• unlimited customization
• free Basic plan
• $49-$999/year for plans
with more storage
• hosting provided for you
• all updates done for you
• very limited customization
EXHIBITIONS
Browse
Exhibi ts
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.com/vccc/exhi
bi ts
see more in
Par t 3 of the
screencasts at
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utube.com/play
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Fashioning an Educat ion
150 Years of Vassar Students and What They Wore
Spr ing 2011
http ://vcomeka.com/vccc/exh ib its/show/fash ioning/ int roduct ion
EXHIBITION:
Context for
ob jects
EXHIBITION:
For Better
and For
Worse
Sixteen
Decades of
Wedding Wear
at Vassar
Spr ing 2013
http ://vcomeka
.com/vccc/exhi
b i ts/show/fbfw
/int ro
context and
multimedia
http://vcome
ka.com/vccc/
exhibits/show
/fbfw/4gener
ations/1954
CUSTOM
EXHIBIT
LAYOUT
Inverse
Panoramas
rotate and
zoom
OBJECTVRS
pages.vassar.edu tryingonhistory.blogspot.com
2 BLOGS
NUTS AND BOLTS
keeping up
wi th Omeka
facul ty/student
-generated
vs .
l ibrar y -
generated
STAFFING
AND
SUPPORT
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utube.com/play
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8E1CFBE921AC
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CONTRIBUTION
uniting
small
collectionsHISTORICDRESS.ORG
Omeka
prototype,
vers ion 1 –
http ://histor icd
ress .org/omeka
HISTORIC
DRESS.ORG
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ress .org/omeka
/i tems/browse
?tags=1850-
1857+Long+sh
awls+low+contr
ast
BROWSE
ITEMS
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ress .org/omeka
/i tems/browse
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+%28garment%
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SHAWLS
EXHIBIT
http ://histor icd
ress .org/omeka
/exhibi ts/show
/borderdesign/
docshawls
Integrated Access
Integrated Access
Contact
Me!
More deta i ls
about working
with Omeka
in 3 shor t
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outube.com/pl
ay l ist? l ist=PL5
268E1CFBE92
1AC9
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