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Using Omeka to Build Digital Collections: The METRO Case Study

The following chapter excerpt is from the fourth section of Digitization in the Real World; "One Plus One is Greater Than Two: Collaborative Projects." A version of this article originally appeared in the March/April 2010 issue of D-Lib Magazine.  Download ...
Released: April 18th, 2011 10:30 AM
Tags: Content management system, ContentDM, Digital asset management system, Digital directory, Digital services, Digital workflow, Digitization in the Real World, Metadata management, New York City, Non-profit organization, omeka, Open source software, Plug-in development

Two New Collections from Columbia U. Libraries and New-York Historical Society Added to digitalMETRO

Two new digital collections were recently added to digitalMETRO, the Omeka-powered directory of digital collections created and maintained by members of the Metropolitan New York Library Council. Take a minute to review these new collections, and don't forget that it's ...
Released: August 25th, 2010 02:15 PM
Tags: Abolitionists, African Americans, Antislavery movements, Architectural imagery, Avery Library, Blacks, Business stationery, Columbia University Libraries, Commercial buildings, Commercial stationery, Ephemera, Fugitive slaves, New-York Historical Society, Slave trade