A Brief Introduction to Omeka - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education

"I've long held that Omeka is (or soon will be) one of the killer apps of academia....In the first of a two-part Omeka fest here at ProfHacker, I'm just going to give a brief overview and some pointers to additional materials ahead of Jeffrey McClurken's lengthy and rich post later today on teaching with Omeka....Omeka was created for the storage and display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and exhibitions. Common throughout the Omeka materials are the concepts of extending, uncovering, and complementing physical collections; Omeka allows scholars and professionals the ability to transcend issues of access and provide dynamic content outside static walls...."