1. Using Omeka for Special Collections Hugh Murphy Padraic Stack

2. What we did Why we did it How we did it Did it work? Final analysis

3. 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

4. What we did ‘Exhibition space’ Enhance access

5. Why we did it Low cost Flexible / customisable Quite intuitive

6. How we did it 2 different exhibitions 2 different installations 2 different workflows

7. http://nuimlibrary.omeka.net/

8. What was good?

9. http://deevy.nuim.ie

10. Plugins

11. Qualified Dublin Core

13. Available Themes

15. bit.ly/compareomekas

16. Final analysis