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FREN 3560 Digital Gallery Project (Guenther): Omeka

Collection or Exhibit?

What's the difference?

Collection

  • where items are described in purely (mostly) objective terms

Exhibit

  • groups of items from collections that are described with some context given to them

Getting Images Ready

A couple of guidelines to remember as you're getting images ready to add to Omeka:

  • Make Sure You Have Permission to Use the Image
  • make sure the resolution is 72 dpi
  • use .jpg as the file type

More Omeka Info

For more detailed information about using Omeka, see the link below for their documentation.

Link to Omeka

Use the link below to navigate to the Student Digital Gallery in Omeka
http://lib.bgsu.edu/studentgallery/admin/

Things to Remember

Dashboard

  • default working screen

To add or edit an item

  • To Add an item, click on Add Item on the item list
  • To Edit and item, click on Item on the left, then find the item to edit from the list or use the Search box above the list
  • Fill out the pertinent metadata fields (see the Metadata tab for the core element set) 
    Note: not all of these fields needs to be populated
  • Once metadata is completed, click Save Item on the right - do not click beside Public or Featured on the top right
    • There will be a collection set up already for you, so choose that one for the Collection of which these items will be a part

Exhibits

  • Click on Exhibits to find this class' exhibit, then click on WHATEVERTHECLASSIS ####
  • To add a page to an exhibit, go below the exhibit's metadata and you'll see Add Page, then click on it
  • You'll see several layout options for the pages of the exhibit - many different ways to discuss the items entered into the exhibit

Contact Info

For questions about Omeka, contact:

Stefanie Hunker at sdennis@bgsu.edu , 419-372-7893
Office Hours: Wed. & Thurs. 9:30 am - 11:00 am

Using Omeka

We've got a handout on how to create or edit Omeka's collections and exhibits.  Try it!