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Help Us Make Omeka Better

We are well into our fourth year of the Omeka project and are very pleased that there is a strong community of users and developers working in Omeka. Thank you to those who already help in a variety of ways: helping fellow users on the forums and developers’ group; tweaking existing Codex pages that you [...]

Omeka.net: 1 year, 1,000+ websites

Since launching Omeka.net last spring, nearly 1500 users are working on more than 1,000 new websites. Many of these sites are works-in-progress created by historians, librarians, archivists, enthusiasts, educators, and students. Here are a few examples of what people are building and sharing in their Omeka.net sites. Robert & Monnoyer: French Botanical Artists of the [...]

Omeka 1.3.2

In response to issues reported to us by Omeka users, we are releasing a minor bug-fix release, Omeka 1.3.2, today. To fix some of those problems, we did the following: added the plugin_footer() hook to all design themes, which is used by several plugins to display information at the bottom of each page, such as [...]

Omeka’s Future: New Grants and New Features

Occasionally, interested individuals ask the Omeka team about the future and outlook of the project. Without quoting Timbuk3, I say that we are pleased with what lies ahead. The Omeka project completed its three-year Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant in December 2010 (read the final report)and continues to move forward and grow. [...]

CHNM and Scholars’ Lab Partner on “Omeka + Neatline”

The Scholars’ Lab at the University of Virginia Library and the Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University, are pleased to announce a collaborative “Omeka + Neatline” initiative, supported by $665,248 in funding from the Library of Congress. The Omeka + Neatline project’s goal is to enable scholars, students, and library [...]

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    clioweb (Jeremy Boggs) @ryancordell There's actually a ticket for this on @omeka's issue tracker. https://t.co/SpCtW4Gt

  • anneliesedehner (Anneliese Dehner)

    anneliesedehner (Anneliese Dehner) Thanks! @omeka @lewisandclark @jeremy_mcw @lcvrc

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    lwaltzer (Luke Waltzer) .@omeka site built by UWM students to display and invite contributed detail about UMW alumni images - http://t.co/4qXwgh0F #umwfa12

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    ryancordell (Ryan Cordell) I do sometimes wish upgrading @omeka was simple as upgrading @wordpress. Steps take so long via FTP...

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    amandafrench (Amanda French) RT @GeorgeOnline: Text of #mla13 session proposal: "@WordPress and @Omeka in the [Literature] Classroom" http://t.co/5D6Pk4Iq cc: @gabrielledean @amandafrench