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Creating an Account GototheOmekawebsiteathttp://www.omeka.net/.ClicktheLearnWhichPlanisRightForYoubutton.ThiswilltakeyoutotheSignUppageathttps://www.omeka.net/signup.Choosetheoptionto“StartYourOmekaTrial”inthetopsectionofthepage.Noticethearrowinthescreenbelow.YouDONOTneedtopayforanything.

Enterausername,password,conEirmpassword,fullname,email,andconEirmemail.BesuretoAGREE,andtypetherequiredsecuritytext.Then,clickSIGNUP.ChooseGotoMyAccountto

Youwillreceiveanemailwithalink.YouMUSTclickthislinktoconEirmyourregistration.

Managing Your Account Gotothemainwebsiteandloginathttp://www.omeka.net/.You’llbetakentoyourDashboardasshownbelow.Youstartwithnositesandnostorageused.ClickGotoMyAccounttochangeyourpassword,editpersonalinformation,orconductotherbusinessassociatedwithyouraccount.You’llwanttocompletethePersonalInformation.ClickMyDashboardintheupperrightnavigationtoreturntothedashboard.Itwilllooklikethescreenbelow.

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Adding a Site ClicktheAddaSiteoptionontherightsideoftheDashboard.EntertheSubdomainName.Itshouldbeallonewordwithoutspaces.ThiswillbecomepartofyourURLsuchasafterglow.BesuretoprovideaSiteTitlethatreElectsyourcontentsuchasAfterGlow:LauraWilsonAnderson’sLegacy.Itshouldn’tsay“formyDigitalLibrariescourse”.Besuretoincludeadescriptionofthepurposeandcontentsofthecollectionsuchas“ThiscollectionincludesprimarysourcedocumentssuchasteachingcertiEicates,newspaperarticles,photographs,andothermaterialsrelatedtothelifeofteacherandpoetLauraWilsonAnderson.”ClickAddYourNewSite.Yournewsitewillappearinyourdashboard.YoucanViewSiteorManageSite.ViewSitewillshowthesiteasotherswillseeit.ManageSitewillallowyoutoaddandedititems.ClickManageSite.Itwilllooklikethescreenbelow.

Adjusting the Theme TheThemeestablishesthevisuallookofyoursite.Italsoallowsyoutoadjustthenavigationandothersettings.ThedefaultthemeisBerlin.

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ClickBerlinontheDashboardmenuandyou’llbetakentotheAppearancescreenwhereyoucanmodifythe“lookandfeel”ofyourprojectsuchaschangingthethemetoSeasons:Night.IfyouchoosetoConEigurethetheme,youcanchooseyourownLogoFile,HeaderImage,FooterText,DisplayCopyrightinFooter,UseAdvancedSitewideSearchandadjusttheHomepage.Manychoicesareavailable.ClickSaveChangesaftermakinganyadjustments.Clickthetitleofyourprojectintheupper-leftcornertoseetheupdatedhomepage.

TheexamplebelowisfromthesampleprojectAfterGlowathttp://afterglow.omeka.net/.

Adding Items to the Site FromtheDashboard,clicktheItemsoptionfromthenavigationlistontheleftsideofthescreen.Thenewscreenwillindicatethat“Youhavenoitems”.

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ClickAddanItemtouploadyourEirstitem.Itwilllooklikethescreenbelow.Noticefourchoicesacrosstheupperscreen:DublinCore,ItemTypeMetadata,Files,andTags.

Adding Dublin Core Metadata TheDublinCoremetadataelementsetisthesameforallOmegarecords.Formoredetailsabouteachelement,gototheDublinCorewebsiteathttp://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.Forexamples,gotohttp://dublincore.org/documents/usageguide/elements.shtml.Besuretousetheproperformatfornames,dates,etc.asspeciEiedonthispage.

BeginbyaddingtheTitleoftheitem.AnoptionisprovidedtoAddInput.Inotherwords,it’spossibletoaddanalternativetitle.HTMLcanalsobeused.Forinstance,youcouldcreateanactiveURL.Workyourwaydownthepageaddingmetadataforallelements.

Whenpossible,usecontrolledvocabularysuchastheLibraryofCongressSubjectHeadingsathttp://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects.html.

Ifcopyrightinformationhasn’talreadybeenestablished,useaCreativeCommonslicense.Gotohttps://creativecommons.org.Then,choosehttps://creativecommons.org/choose/iftheitemisn’talreadyinthepublicdomain.

Usecontrolledvocabularyforimagetype.Forexamples,gotohttp://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml.

OntherightsideofthescreenisanoptionformakingtheitemPublicandalsoformakingitaFeatureditemonthehomepage.It’salsopossibletoaddthisitemtoparticularCollections.

Whenalltheinformationhasbeenentered,clickAddItem.

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ItemDublinCoreExampleTitle=“LauraWilsonAnderson’sWeddingDay”Subject=“Marriage”Subject=“Wedding”Subject=“Weddingcostume”Description=“ThisphotowastakenattheweddingofElmerO.AndersonandLauraMayWilsononMarch14,1917inCoonRapids,CarrollCounty,Iowa.”Creator=“Unknown”Source=“Scannedfromoriginalphoto.”Publisher=“VisiontoAction”Date=“1917-03-14”Contributor=“Lamb,Annette”Rights=“ThisworkislicensedunderaCreativeCommonsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives4.0InternationalLicense.”Relation=Format=“image/tiff”Format=“800x1169pixels”Language=Type=“image”IdentiEier=“1001”Coverage=“1910-1920”Coverage=“CoonRapids,CarrollCounty,IA”Coverage=“20thcentury”Coverage=“RuralIowa”

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Adding Type Metadata AfteraddingDublinCoremetadataregardinganitem,addItemTypeMetadata.Youcangettothisscreen,clicktheItemonyourItemsmenuandchooseEdit.ClicktheItemTypeMetadataoptionundertheEditItemtitleacrossthetopofthescreen.SelecttheItemTypefromthepull-downlistofoptions.Adifferentsetofelementswillappeardependingontheitemtypeselectedalongwithadescriptionofthatitemtype.Entermetadata.ClickSaveChanges.

Uploading Files ClicktheItemonyourItemsmenuandchooseEdit.ClicktheFilesoptionundertheEditItemtitleacrossthetopofthescreen.ClickChooseFileandlocatetheEileonyourharddriveorotherstoragedevice.ThemaximumEilesizeis128MB.ClickSaveChanges.Onceyou’veuploadedyourEile,noticethatFileMetadataisgeneratedautomatically.FindthisinformationontherightsideofthescreenbelowtheEditbutton.TheinformationgeneratedincludesEilesize,Eilehistory,mimetype,Eiletype,andembeddedmetadatasuchasthesoftwareusedofediting.

Adding Tags Tagsareagreatwaytoincreasediscoverability.ClicktheItemonyourItemsmenuandchooseEdit.

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ClicktheTagsoptionundertheEditItemtitleacrossthetopofthescreen.Addasmanytagsasyouwishusingacommatoseparatetags.ClickAddTags.ClickSaveChanges.Seeexamplesoftagsinthescreenbelow.

Viewing the Page ClickViewPublicPagetoseetheitemyou’veenteredforexamplehttps://afterglow.omeka.net/.

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Adding a Collection Withinasite,youcanaddnumerouscollections.Itemscanbepartofmultiplecollections.Forinstance,theweddingphotomightbepartofacollectionofphotosfromthe1910saswellaspartofapersonallifecollection.Includemetadataforeachcollectiontoensurediscoverability.

Aftercreatingthecollection,itemscanbeaddedtothecollection.GotoItemsandselectanitem.Edittheitem.Choosethecollectionthepull-downmenuontherightsideofthescreen.SaveChanges.

Adding and Editing Item Types Omekaprovides16itemtypes.Descriptionsareprovided.ClicktheItemTypesoptionfromthelistofoptionsontheleftsidenavigation.Dependingonyourcollection,youmaywishtoprovideadditionaldescriptionsforitemtypes.Or,addnewitemstypes.

Toeditanitemtype,clicktheEDITlinkundertheitemtype.Editthename,description,andotherinformationasneeded.ClickSaveChanges.

Toaddanitemtype,clicktheAddanItemTypebuttonabovethelistofitemtypes.

Editing Tags Omekaprovidesanareaofedittags.ClicktheTagsoptionfromthelistofoptionsontheleftsidenavigation.Thisareawillbeemptyuntilyou’veaddedtagstoatleastoneitem.Thispageallowsyoutoviewallitemswithaparticulartag,editthetagname,ordeleteatag.Deletingatagwillnotdeletetheitem.

Installing Plugins Omekaprovidesmorethanadozenpluginsthatcanextendtheusefulnessofadigitalcollectionforbothdevelopersandendusers.Forexample,theExhibitBuilderallowsuserstobuildrichexhibitsusingOmeka.

Need More Help?

Forlotsofexamplesites,gotohttp://info.omeka.net/showcase/.Formoreinformation,usetheOmeka’sonlinehelppagesathttp://info.omeka.net/build-a-website/.

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