Omeka is an open source web publishing platform that began as a tool for digital exhibits but has expanded its capabilities. It values open access, an active community, metadata standards, and interoperability. It has received funding from several foundations and government agencies to support its work in digital curation and publishing born-digital historical content on the web.
7. Omeka has received generous support from IMLS, NEH, the Sloan Foundation, the Kress Foundation, and the Library of Congress. Sharon M. Leon @sleonchnm sharonmleon@gmail.com NDIIPP/NDSA Partners Meeting July 20, 2011
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September 11 – acquisitioned by LOC in 2003 as its first major digital collection
LAMPJust moved from SVN to GithubOver 30 plugins with more coming
(Scholars Lab, Uva: Neatline usesOmeka, OpenLayers, and Simile Timeline to allow scholars to model the intellectual content of EAD-described collections in time and space. (NEH and the LoCCenter for Public History and Digital Humanities @ Cleveland State University: Cleveland Historical uses Omeka to create geolocated tours of historical content about Cleveland. Packaged both as iPhone and Android apps. Scripto: NEH and NHPRC
