1. Digital Libraries, Digital history and the use of Omeka
Shawn Martin Department of Information and Library Science School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering

4. Andrew and Theophilus Wylie

6. Glenn Black Lab

7. Isabella D’Este Archive

8. Six Degrees of Francis Bacon

9. Wylie Project Site

10. Issues Need for historical contextualization
Multiple types of materials
Archival materials from IU
Archival materials from other libraries
Archival materials from digital collections (Hathi-Trust
Museum objects and artifacts
Archaeological site excavations
Published scholarship about Wylies
Original (student) scholarship about Wylies

11. Issues
Metadata
Some items cataloged
Some items not cataloged
Items existing in more than one online collection
Items within items
Bringing items together within exhibits – to make historical argument

12. Inventing Europe

13. Capturing the Body

14. War of 1812 Site

21. Conclusions Omeka is focused on highlighting individual items
Exhibits and other features predicated on highlighting those objects in particular ways
History (and other forms of humanities scholarship) try to make an argument or narrative
Objects (evidence) secondary to argument
How do we reconcile these differences?

22. Conclusions
Focus on objects that in and of themselves tell an important story about the Wylies
Hope to further explore ways that we can work around Omeka’s limitations to enhance narrative/argument

23. Lets Think About Your Projects
What is the role of individual objects?
Do those objects fit into a larger narrative structure or argument?
How do you plan on reconciling these issues (if they exist)?
What other possibilities or limitations does Omeka provide for your project?

24. Lets Think About Your Projects
Do you intend to create exhibits?
How would you do that?
Are the examples discussed relevant? Why or why not?
What types of items do you have?
What metadata is required?
Does Dublin Core (DC) meet your needs?
How might you have to work around DC in order to meet your needs?

25. Lets Think About Your Projects
What kinds of plugins would be helpful?
Exhibits
CoiNS – Zotero importable
Simple pages
Api
How are you going to use HTML
One way to get around some of limitations
Imposes its own limitations