DL prototype final submission

help me learn.

Read DL Prototype Instructions first.

Submit your DL Prototype site address here.

DL Prototype Instructions

Deliverables | Grades | Omeka Resources

Instructions

You will use the Omeka platform to develop a digital library prototype, which includes digital collections and online exhibits of digital materials (such as digital images, audio, and video).

1. Sign up for a free-trial Omeka account and set up your Omeka site.
2. Build at least one collection that contains at least 10 15 items; if you want, you can add more items to your collection or build more than one collection. Your items can be photographs, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, sound recordings, motion pictures, etc.
3. Describe each item using at least 9 metadata elements. You will employ the following metadata guidelines to guide your metadata records creation process
   • INFO5740 Omeka Metadata Guide  Download INFO5740 Omeka Metadata Guide
     (Links to an external site[Title, Description, Subject, Format, Type, and Rights are required metadata element[Title, Description, Subject, Format, Type, Rights are required metadata elements]
4. Create at least one exhibit, which is a guided tour through your items, complete with descriptive text and customized layouts, using the items you added to the collection.
5. Using a simple page plugin, create an “About” page, which includes:
   • • Description of your collection(s): what they are about, items included, copyright status of items, etc.
     • Description of your metadata creation: how you arrived at your decisions regarding what metadata fields to use and how to fill out those fields
   • • Description of your exhibit(s): what they are about and what kind of content they contain

Deliverables

1. WARM-UP EXERCISE (1 POINT)

Expose yourself to Omeka, which will be served as a platform for your DL Prototype assignment; take a brief tour. [Video (Links to an external site.)]. And e xplore http://omeka.org/codex/Sites_Using_Omeka (Links to an external site.) and/or http://info.omeka.net/showcase/ (Links to an external site.); choose the site you like most and post the name and address in your group Slack channel/explain what you like about the site. More information will be given later.

2. PROPOSAL (2 POINTS)

Submit your proposal. You will describe:

1. Types and content of materials to be collected
2. Need and significance of your DL prototype, and
3. Target audience

3. DL PROTOTYPE (24 POINTS):

You will submit your DL Prototype website address in the assignment submission. Your DL Prototype will be graded based on a number of criteria. Refer to our DL Prototype Checklist  Download DL Prototype Checklist.

Grades

Your DL prototype counts as 27 points, 27% of your course grade.

Late submission: Your DL Prototype received after the due date will incur a 1-point deduction penalty for each day late unless there are extenuating circumstances.

Omeka Resources

Our Omeka Tutorial  Download Omeka Tutorial and our Online Session will walk you through all of the steps of developing a digital collection in Omeka. See also “Help for Omeka.net” (Links to an external site.)

Case Study:

• Hardesty, J. L. (2014) Exhibiting library collections online: Omeka in context. New Library World, 115(3/4), 75-86. [LINK (Links to an external site.)]
• Brennan, S. (n.d.). Building histories of the national mall: A guide to creating a digital public history project [LINK (Links to an external site.)]