Monthly Archives: July 2012

Audio archiving

Posted on July 21, 2012 by joan

I enjoyed the presentation by Chris Brown during Thursday’s class.  My undergraduate degree is in Mass Communication, so I’ve certainly had classes about and exposure to different formats of audio formats.  And, I worked as a video producer for over … Continue reading →

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If only this machine was available at VOICES…

Posted on July 21, 2012 by jennifern

http://www.getdoxie.com/product/doxie-go/index.html So pretty! Wireless delivery! I can’t stop watching the picture of the baby go through the scanner.

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Classroom Application

Posted on July 20, 2012 by christine

Maybe I am way off base, but I am thinking about how you would use Omeka in the classroom…Would 5th grade be too young?  Nancy–what could children of this age archive?  Or is there a “kids” version of Omeka out … Continue reading →

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Chris Brown

Posted on July 20, 2012 by cathy

I wanted to share that I enjoyed the session yesterday with Chris Brown.  Seeing his “mini-studio” set up in the conference room and witnessing the conversion from a casette to digital was very interesting. One of the reasons that this … Continue reading →

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Item Type metadata

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Robert

My favorite new toy of the week is Item Type metadata. It was great fun to define a new entry, with a few customized elements to help describe our special collection. Yes, Omeka is lacking some of the basic functionality … Continue reading →

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One more week to go……

Posted on July 19, 2012 by jennifer

Hi all~ Can you believe we only have one week left?? As far as Omeka goes, I’d say it’s pretty much user friendly. There are only a few things that I found annoying. One, like many of us said, we … Continue reading →

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And Wouldn’t It Also Be Nice…

Posted on July 17, 2012 by annie

Wouldn’t it also be nice if Omeka: Allowed you to batch edit Metadata for redundant information on a series of items from the Dropbox? …Or if you accidentally entered the wrong metadata, deleting an item would not (necessarily) delete the … Continue reading →

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Digital Archiving so far…

Posted on July 17, 2012 by sharon

I have been enjoying seeing the collection come together digitally.  I like that we are getting the whole experience, from handling the materials from the folders at VOICES, to sorting through boxes of mail art to eventually see it come … Continue reading →

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The end user experience

Posted on July 16, 2012 by lauretta

I enjoyed our skype meeting with Bailey Smith and Anne Wooten (whom I found inspiring for their accomplishments especially melding the technical and the creative aspects of digital archiving). One take away from our discussion was the importance of the … Continue reading →

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Interesting theme

Posted on July 15, 2012 by miguel

I find it interesting that a number of the comments that have been posted revolve around the idea of 652 being one of the few hands-on classes.  I think that’s an issue that needs to be brought up for discussion.  I think … Continue reading →

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