Reaching your virtual audience: 
introducing Omeka
Mia Jaeggli
Technical Services Workleader
Environmental Design Library
University of California, Berkeley
April 30, 2010
+ George Mason University
Created by:
TOURS!!!
HTML & CSS rules!!!
A better way with CMS
What if?
What if you could use one piece of software to upload media
 and organize them into webpages?
What if you could take multiple exhibition websites
and put them on one dynamic site?
What if you used little or no web coding to do so?
Physical
Digital
TOURS!!!
Review of Drupal, Omeka & Pachyderm
http://prezi.com/rciin1t5cg36/
Newberry Library and Chicago History Museum 
Light Factory and Cultural Heritage Museums
Center for History and New Media in partnership with the Gulag Museum at Perm 36, Perm, Russia and the International Memorial Society, Moscow, Russia 
Jones Library, Inc. Amherst, Massachusetts 
ALA award for best cutting-edge use of technology
CASE STUDY:
The process of creating a website using Omeka
Factors to consider
Security
Support
Documentation
Hidden costs
Learning curve
omeka.org
http://prezi.com/uahlujenus_g/
www.ced.berkeley.edu/cedarchives/exhibitions
EDA Exhibitions Website
URLS of Note
This Presentation 
Character heads courtesy of:
8fish. (2008). Making faces: Drawing expressions for comics and cartoons. Cincinnati, OH: Impact books. 

Implementing your own 
multi-media site
Choosing the right software
Catawba River Docs
http://www.screencast.com/t/tqUyVzEXG
http://www.screencast.com/t/4EUEzmJS6s0y
http://www.screencast.com/t/Sxa4yufSlSh
http://www.screencast.com/t/Ek5XbgnZWDj