Comments on: Omeka: WordPress for your digital library

By: Steve Lawson

Steve Lawson — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:26:19 +0000

Thanks, Jason. That sounds like a very useful report. If you remember, please let me know when it is available, or send me a copy.

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:06:42 +0000

I've come across this post a couple times in the last year or two, and I keep meaning to leave a comment. We've used Omeka to create a directory of digital collections in NYC, and we're in the process of writing a report to document what we did. That report will also include information about a proof-of-concept project to show how you can use Omeka to deliver up collections created in CONTENTdm.

By: Steve Lawson

Steve Lawson — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:01:46 +0000

Heh. Thanks Michelle. Michelle is referring to something I wrote on Twitter (which is offline as I type). She snapped a screeshot and posted it on her blog.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:49:32 +0000

(found you on twittermap.com)

I TOTALLY AGREE ABOUT LEAP DAY! I always thought this should be a holiday.

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:16:28 +0000

And boy, these Omeka developers are quick on the draw when it comes to the blogosphere! In all seriousness, though, it sounds as though it could be fabulous–just the sort of thing I was dreaming of whilst going through the hell that was my local history digital library independent study.

By: Steve Lawson

Steve Lawson — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:30:36 +0000

Thanks, Dave. It turns out that my ImageMagick problem really had nothing to do with Omeka, but with accessing the binary from inside the somewhat hermetic MAMP environment. After searching around for a while last night, I came across the aptly-title post, Getting Imagemagick (and more) to work with MAMP on OS X which seems to work, though I wouldn't be surprised if the fix broke something else in the process. Tom, I'm glad that migration tools are part of the plan. Very interesting.

By: Tom Scheinfeldt

Tom Scheinfeldt — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:40:13 +0000

Jerry — Thanks for your interest in Omeka. Just so you know, we are currently working on migration and import/export tools to allow increased interoperability with ContentDM and other popular collections management packages. Those should help if you’re thinking of making a switch.

Please keep in touch and let us know how you get on!

Take care,
Tom Scheinfeldt
Executive Producer, Omeka
Managing Director, CHNM

By: Finding America » Blog Archive » Omeka Goes Public with release 0.9.0

Finding America » Blog Archive » Omeka Goes Public with release 0.9.0 — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:32:46 +0000

[...] So far Omeka’s 0.9.0 release has been mentioned in several notable places, including the Official Omeka Blog, Inside Higher Ed, Found History, Steve Lawson, and Dan Cohen’s blog. Tom gives a great overview of the project, and how it fits into our former director Roy Rosenzweig’s belief in the practice of public history. Dan Cohen provides some beautiful screen captures of Omeka, and came up with what’s got to be my favorite description of Omeka so far: For Zotero, it’s “like iTunes for your references and research”; for Omeka, think “WordPress for your exhibits and collections.” WordPress for your exhibits and collections it is! And the bundled COinS plugin for Omeka makes your site Zotero compatible, too! [...]

By: Jerry Yarnetsky

Jerry Yarnetsky — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:15:32 +0000

Our micropolitan public library uses ContentDM for our digital projects as well and, due to the expensive licensing, we are searching for a replacement. This looks like it might be a possible solution. Thanks for bringing it to our attention!

By: Dave Lester

Dave Lester — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:36:18 +0000

Hi Steve,

Great post on Omeka. As one of its developers at CHNM, we’ve worked hard to strike the “right combination of powerful and elegant and easy to use,” just like you said.

In regard to your question, try this:
“Make sure the path to ImageMagick is correct in your settings. You can check this by using the command “which convert” on the command line. Then, look in Admin > Settings > General Settings > Local Path to ImageMagick binary to see if the path matches what comes up when you run that command.”

By searching the codex (http://omeka.org/codex/) you can find further information about how Omeka works, as well as on the forums where you’re welcome to look for further help beyond this brief hat-tip.

Thanks again for your interest – maybe I’ll see you on the forums!

Best,
Dave Lester
Omeka Developer