Last year we launched the Stockton Historical Society Inc Digital Archives. We did an online event to showcase the new site. We didn’t record due to privacy, so I’ve re-recorded the presentation. So if you’re interested in setting up an online archive for a small #GLAM institution, give it a watch!
It’s built using #Omeka Classic on Omeka.net
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLN_ZSUqdkuyboQoPqceQCMQ1-WwfIIfZu&si=m2F-huJW-j87NNC2
L'équipe #omeka rassure ses utilisateurs sur son indépendance économique grâce à son programme omeka.net qui lui permet de ne pas être sujette aux coupes budgétaires en cours aux Etats-Unis : https://omeka.org/news/2025/04/14/words-of-reassurance-in-a-time-of-crisis/
Some thoughts on my preliminary investigation of #Omeka ( https://omeka.org/classic/docs/Installation/Installing/ ).
Built on pretty standard #LAMP stack.
No official docker image that I could find, so of course I built my own.
Which reminded me why I HATE php.
Anyway.
Some light testing (running locally).
Pretty simple to use (good).
No fancy ideas about creating "presentation" versions of items, and keeping the original upload "pristine". I am of two minds on this - for now, not a problem for me, but I can see how large archives might be problematic.
For example, a MOV file needs to be presented as a MP4 for widest audience. And you probably don't want to lose the original.
With Omeka that means some manual work on the admin side.
It support plugins and themes - I'm of two minds here also. Good way
to extend functionality and allow for customization, but my experience with such things are not good ito longterm stabililty and maintenance.
I'm also not super keen on #MySQL as the db, due to recent corruptions issues with my #Nextcloud instance (moved that to #PostgreSQL ).
BUT, this will be read heavy, so maybe not an issue - hard-ish to corrupt a db by reading from it.
The useage of #DublinCore at least means (I think) in theory, if I really want, I should be able to migrate to another Dublin Core compatible system if needed. So...good.
My verdict - I'm going to play with it some more.
Install some plugins etc, see what happens.
I'm also building up a test set of assets, in case I want to eval something else.
Paris: Journées Omeka 2023: «Organiser et coopérer», Du mardi 12 décembre 2023 à 09h30 au mercredi 13 décembre 2023 à 17h00. https://www.agendadulibre.org/events/28558 #omeka #conférence #aufo #journée
Omeka-S is available in release candidate v4.0.0 with the following significant new features:
* Front-side, a fine tuning of what sections and their order you'll want to display for item pages
* Admin-side, you can now customize the displayed columns in browse pages
Official modules also have their own RC version available.
My own modules will be update when the time comes (I promise I'm on it).
https://forum.omeka.org/t/omeka-s-4-0-0-release-candidate/16272
Omeka-S est sorti en pré-version 4.0.0, avec à son bord les nouveautés significatives suivantes :
* Côté front, configuration fine de l'affichage des contenus : on peut choisir les sections affichées et leur disposition
* Côté admin, personnalisation des colonnes affichées dans les listes de contenus
Les modules officiels sont dispos aussi en RC.
Mes propres modules vont être mis à jour "quand j'aurai le temps" (mais je bosse dessus).
https://forum.omeka.org/t/omeka-s-4-0-0-release-candidate/16272
Bon voilà après une semaine à lurker, on va se présenter proprement ! #Introduction
Laurent, qui habite du côté de Fontainebleau. 
Sur le web je fais principalement vivoter un blog (en bio) et un site de collection d’appareils photos argentiques (en bio aussi). 
Je contribue de temps à autre à du libre, dont #Omeka - S. 
Je suis assidûment la #NewTech et la #CyberSécurité. 
J’aime partager du local, donc si vous avez des comptes #Fontainebleau ou #Avon77 à suivre je prends ! 
