Course Information
| Session |
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| Credits | 1.5 CEUs or 15 PDHs |
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| Registration dates | We accept registrations through the first week of classes, unless enrollment is full, and unless the class was canceled before it started due to low enrollment. |
Creating Online Exhibits with Omeka
$250.00
Dates: May 5 - June 1Credits: 1.5 CEUs or 15 PDHs
Omeka is an open source web-publishing platform used by many libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural organizations for creating online exhibits of materials from their collections. This course provides the opportunity to explore the exhibit-building process and gain hands-on experience in creating a professional-level exhibit on a topic of your choice. It is designed to be used with the freely available “Trial” version of Omeka.net, but students may use whatever version of Omeka they have access to. We will be focusing on the exhibit-building process, using Omeka as a tool; this course does not cover higher level coding or customization features of Omeka. No prior experience with exhibit building or web-based publishing is required.
Learning outcomes:
- Identify the purposes and best practices for building an online exhibit
- Gain familiarity with the basic functions of Omeka, including the exhibit builder plug-in
- Select appropriate items to upload into Omeka, and describe them with tags and basic Dublin Core metadata
- Plan and develop an online exhibit suitable for use on an organization’s website or in a professional portfolio
Course Description
Omeka is an open source web-publishing platform used by many libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural organizations for creating online exhibits of materials from their collections. This course provides the opportunity to explore the exhibit-building process and gain hands-on experience in creating a professional-level exhibit on a topic of your choice. It is designed to be used with the freely available “Trial” version of Omeka.net, but students may use whatever version of Omeka they have access to. We will be focusing on the exhibit-building process, using Omeka as a tool; this course does not cover higher level coding or customization features of Omeka. No prior experience with exhibit building or web-based publishing is required.
Learning outcomes:
- Identify the purposes and best practices for building an online exhibit
- Gain familiarity with the basic functions of Omeka, including the exhibit builder plug-in
- Select appropriate items to upload into Omeka, and describe them with tags and basic Dublin Core metadata
- Plan and develop an online exhibit suitable for use on an organization’s website or in a professional portfolio
Alison M. Lewis
Alison M. Lewis has over twenty years of experience as a professional librarian in specialized, research, and academic settings. She has also worked in the Library & Information Science programs at both Drexel University and Simmons University, where she has taught introductory courses in reference and professional issues; advanced reference courses in the humanities and social sciences; and courses in special collections and practicum. Currently she is the managing partner for Parlew Associates, a Philadelphia-based company providing a range of support services to publishers and authors. She earned M.L.S. and M.A. degrees from Florida State University, and a Ph.D. from Temple University.
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