Quick Glance: Omeka
- TheSkeinBee
- Sep 25, 2017
- 1 min read
Q: What is Omeka?
Omeka Is a free, non-contractual, open-source, digital publishing suite. Omeka is designed to support those that are not particularly IT savvy; so the user can focus on the content instead of programming. Check out the Omeka Feature List for more description of Omeka features.
Q: Who made it?
A: Omeka is a project of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media located at George Mason University.
Q: Who funds this project?
A: Omeka's website states they receive funding from the following following federal agencies and private foundations:
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Q: What is the stated purpose of Omeka?
A: "Omeka is a free, flexible, and open source web-publishing platform for the display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and exhibitions."
Q: Who is the intended audience?
A: Omeka claims to fall "at a crossroads of Web Content Management, Collections Management, and Archival Digital Collections Systems." So, if your job or hobby focuses (or need assistance) on any of the above topics, Omeka is geared to make the process of web publishing much easier. Examples of User Types - Scroll to the audience section
Fun Fact:
Omeka is a Swahili word meaning to display or lay out wares; to speak out; to spread out; to unpack.
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