Using Omeka for Special Collections

Hugh MurphyPadraic Stack

• What we did• Why we did it• How we did it• Did it work?• Final analysis

Mandatory open source eulogy:

“The development of open source products is usually quickly reactive to users’ reviews and

needs, in contrast to commercial software. Open source ILSs provide the opportunity for libraries to collaborate and create their own

workflow improvements. Libraries can customize and write their own code and

programs. Other libraries can adopt or tweak these programs in a way that fits their

individual needs”

Young, Trends in Library Systems , 2013

What we did

• ‘Exhibition space’• Enhance access

Why we did it

• Low cost• Flexible / customisable• Quite intuitive

How we did it

• 2 different exhibitions• 2 different installations• 2 different workflows

http://nuimlibrary.omeka.net/

What was good?

http://deevy.nuim.ie

Plugins

Qualified Dublin Core

Available Themes

bit.ly/compareomekas

Final analysis