As part of the "Technical Advances for Innovation in Cultural Heritage Institutions" (yep, that's TAI CHI) Webinar Series my colleague Roy Tennant puts together, there is an upcoming event focusing on OMEKA, the web-publishing platform for collections created by the Center for History and New Media (CHNM). This is a great opportunity to learn more about an amazing tool. More info, including advance registration, can be found here http://www.oclc.org/research/news/2009-11-17.htm
Cheers, G?nter *** OCLC Research to Host TAI CHI Omeka Webinar on 8 December at 1 p.m. EST (UTC-5 Hours) DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 17 November 2009 Omeka is a free and open source collections-based, Web-based platform for scholars, librarians, archivists, museum professionals, educators and cultural enthusiasts. Until now, scholars and cultural heritage professionals looking to publish collections-based research and online exhibitions required either extensive technical skills or considerable funding for outside vendors. By making standards-based, serious online publishing easy, Omeka puts the power and reach of the Web in the hands of academics and cultural professionals themselves. Omeka features a "five-minute setup" that makes launching an online exhibition as easy as launching a blog. Designed with non-IT specialists in mind, it allows users to focus on content and interpretation rather than programming. It brings Web 2.0 technologies and approaches to academic and cultural Web sites to foster user interaction and participation. It also makes top-shelf design easy with a simple and flexible operating system. Omeka's robust open-source developer and user communities underwrite its stability and sustainability. In this webinar, Sheila Brennan, Omeka End User Outreach Coordinator and Senior Digital History Associate at the Center for History and New Media (CHNM), will provide an overview of Omeka. Dave Lester, Omeka Developer Outreach Coordinator and Developer at CHNM, will provide more technical aspects of the Omeka software. Webinar participation is free and open to all but advanced registration is required. This is the second webinar in the OCLC Research Technical Advances for Innovation in Cultural Heritage Institutions (TAI CHI) Webinar Series developed to highlight specific innovative applications, often locally developed, that libraries, museums and archives may find effective in their own environments, as well as to teach technical staff new technologies and skills. We intend to make recordings of these webinars available on the OCLC Research Web site and in the iTunes Store. More info and advance registration link at http://www.oclc.org/research/news/2009-11-17.htm
