Omeka software exploration for LOR repository

Omeka  Omeka is opensource – that means there is no cost to use the software  Omeka can be hosted on our servers on webspace or on their server (for a charge)  Grant has 2 parts: portal (public space) and LOR to store faculty content Omeka

Omeka – Supports Grant mandates

Omeka Form Validation / error detection Web Form Description metadata – rights - title/info Download Files (Attached) Upload IDs submit vetted content via Google forms Retrieves query results; Content display is built from database (public search results) Portal Manager Writes (saves and stores) to Database (MySQL) Portal website Discovery layer / search Public interface Search / browse (no login) Queries (searches) Public users Orange = server side activities

Omeka – check out the classroom collection Examples

Examples

Arizona State Learning Object Repository for library related materials Includes video embedded Robin

Public search example - advanced

Omeka – General features  User roles: Admin (Portal Manager) can upload, describe, create collections and groups  Supports many file formats – video, pdf, images can be embeded; zip is just zip  Search, share, download  Can batch upload and batch  Collections/Tags  Private/public – TAACCCT material MUST be public  Social media support (shareable); embeddable  Can add search to Blackboard and link to upload for faculty  Supports licensing (creative commons)  Can be used to build a public open textbook library Omeka

Omeka – Portal Manager  Will upload and describe content following established metadata standards  Assigning Library of Congress Subject Headings/Keywords, tags, and additional information  Will assign all TAACCCT material to the TAACCCT Collection in Omeka  Will create thumbnails, deriatives, and snapshots of materials, as feasible  Will notify IDs of content completion via or workform Omeka

Omeka – ID workflow  IDs will work with faculty to identify content for the repository  Copyright – Is it licensable under Creative Commons?  See Copyright tools   Fair Use evaluator (can not be shared in the repository if copyright applies);  Copyright Genie  Slider  Only work that is Share Alike can be included in the repository in the TAACCCT Materials Collection (if you have other works you would like to submit, contact the Portal Manager)  Copyright / Creative Commons License Guide  Fills out Google form completely for each item including Youtube videos  Uploads item to the Google folder (Youtube videos will not be uploaded)  Portal Manager will check weekly for new content and will notify the ID when the content has been loaded into Omeka  Content will be then be searchable, shareable, downloadable; embeddable Omeka

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