Omeka

{{Short description|Digital archiving software}}

{{Infobox software

| name = Omeka

| logo = OmekaBadge.png

| logo size = 250px

| caption = Omeka logo

| developer = Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at
George Mason University (GMU) (2008–2016) Corporation for Digital Scholarship (2016–present)

| released = {{Start date|2008|2|21}}

| programming language = PHP

| operating system = LAMP

| language = English, et al.

| genre = Content Management System

| license = GPL-3.0-or-later

| website = [http://www.omeka.org/ Omeka]

| latest_release_version = {{Omeka version}}

| latest_release_date = {{Omeka version|releasedate}}

}}

Omeka (also known as Omeka Classic) is a free, open-source content management system for online digital collections.{{cite web|first1=Cohen|last1=Dan|title=Introducing Omeka|url=http://mars.gmu.edu/handle/1920/6089|date=2008-02-20|access-date=2016-08-07|website=MARS Repository|publisher=George Mason University}} As a web application, it allows users to publish{{Cite journal | url=http://programminghistorian.org/lessons/creating-an-omeka-exhibit |title = Creating an Omeka Exhibit|journal = Programming Historian|date = 2016-02-24|last1 = Brett|first1 = Megan R.|last2 = Posner|first2 = Miriam}} and exhibit cultural heritage objects, and extend its functionality with themes and plugins. A lightweight solution{{cite journal|first1=Tomás|last1=Saorín Pérez|title=Exposiciones digitales y reutilización: aplicación del software libre Omeka para la publicación estructurada|url=http://www.metodosdeinformacion.es/mei/index.php/mei/article/view/IIMEI2-N2-029046|journal=Métodos de Información|issn=2173-1241|pages=29–46|volume=2|issue=2|via=www.metodosdeinformacion.es|doi=10.5557/IIMEI2-N2-029046|access-date=2016-08-07|year=2011|doi-access=free}} in comparison to traditional institutional repository software like DSpace and Fedora, Omeka has a focus on display and uses an unqualified Dublin Core metadata standard.{{Cite journal | url=http://programminghistorian.org/lessons/up-and-running-with-omeka |title = Up and Running with Omeka.net|journal = Programming Historian|date = 2016-02-17|last1 = Posner|first1 = Miriam| issue=5 | doi=10.46430/phen0060 |doi-access = free}}{{cite journal|last1=Juliet L. Hardesty|title=Exhibiting library collections online: Omeka in context|journal=New Library World|date=2014-03-04|issn=0307-4803|pages=75–86|volume=115|issue=3/4|doi=10.1108/NLW-01-2014-0013|hdl=2022/17627|hdl-access=free}}

Its software is currently being used by the Newberry Library, as well as many small museums and historical societies.{{Cite web |title=LIBIS technische partner van Flandrica |url=https://intoinfo.blogspot.com/2012/11/libis-technische-partner-van-flandrica.html |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=LIBIS - Into info}} The Missouri School of Journalism uses Omeka to share their archive of 38,000 photographs from the Pictures of the Year International contest.{{Cite web

| title = POYi Archive

| work = Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism

| access-date = 2009-01-07

| url = http://archive.poyi.org/

}}

{{Cite web | url=http://fontegaia.hypotheses.org/1781 | title=Omeka et Scholarly Editions| date=30 June 2016}}{{cite journal|first1=Jason|last1=Kucsma|first2=Kevin|last2=Reiss|first3=Angela|last3=Sidman|title=Using Omeka to Build Digital Collections: The METRO Case Study|url=https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=3742756|journal=D-Lib Magazine|date=2010-01-01|page=2|volume=16|issue=3|via=Dialnet|access-date=2016-08-07|doi=10.1045/march2010-kucsma|doi-access=free}}

Originally developed by the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University,{{cite journal|first1=Amanda|last1=Morton|title=Digital Tools: Zotero and Omeka|journal=Journal of American History|date=2011-12-01|issn=0021-8723|pages=952–953|volume=98|issue=3|via=jah.oxfordjournals.org|doi=10.1093/jahist/jar520}} Omeka was awarded a technology collaboration award by the Andrew Mellon Foundation,{{Cite web

|title = Recipients of Third Annual Mellon Awards for Technology Collaboration Announce

|work = The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

|access-date = 2009-01-07

|date = 2008-12-08

|url = http://matc.mellon.org/press-release

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081229035940/http://matc.mellon.org/press-release

|archive-date = 2008-12-29

}} and is used to teach curation.{{cite journal|first1=Allison C.|last1=Marsh|title=Omeka in the classroom: The challenges of teaching material culture in a digital world|journal=Literary and Linguistic Computing|date=2013-01-08|issn=0268-1145|pages=279–282|via=llc.oxfordjournals.org|doi=10.1093/llc/fqs068|volume=28|issue=2}}{{cite journal|first1=Catherine E.|last1=Saunders|title=Using Omeka and Neatline to Facilitate Student Research in a Core Literature Class|url=http://journals.gmu.edu/ITLCP/article/view/676|journal=Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings|date=2015-09-19|issn=2379-8432|volume=7|issue=1|doi=10.13021/G8359P|access-date=2016-08-07|page=90|doi-access=free}} Since 2016, the Omeka project has been a project developed by the non-profit Corporation for Digital Scholarship.

In November 2017, the project released Omeka S, a new version of Omeka designed for institutional use, providing the capability to host multiple sites which draw from a common pool of resources,{{Citation|title=Omeka S is a web publication system for universities, galleries, libraries, archives, and museums. It consists of a local network of independently curated exhibits sharing a collaboratively built p..|date=2019-02-27|url=https://github.com/omeka/omeka-s|publisher=Omeka|access-date=2019-02-28}}{{Cite web|url=https://omeka.org/|title=Omeka|website=omeka.org|access-date=2019-02-28}} such as Wikidata, in this case through a third-party module.{{cite web|url=https://github.com/nishad/omeka-s-wikidata|title=nishad / omeka-s-wikidata|date=11 July 2022 |publisher=Github}} Omeka Classic, the original project, will continue to exist alongside Omeka S with a focus on serving individual projects and educators.{{Cite web|url=https://omeka.org/|title=Omeka|website=omeka.org|access-date=2019-02-28}}