Items in Omeka
Item types of individual files include: images, text, or multi-media (no larger than 128mb)
Dublin Core Metadata is a standardized metadata set (which contains information for the item) designed for the web
Metadata includes terms such as, “Title,” “Description,” “Creator,” “Date”
Items can be “tagged” with a topic or other keyword
Access the CSB+SJU Omeka Site
Here is the link for our class:
CSB+SJU Omeka.net site
Click "Manage Site"
Our class is: 2023fall.omeka.net
Click "Manage Site"
Adding Items
Click "Add a new item"
Complete the following fields in the Dublin Core tab:
- Title:
- Subject: What genre?
- Description: What is the image about?
- Creator: Who is the author/photographer?
- Source: Where did you find the image? Who took the original photo?
- Publisher: What website did you find the image on? Is it a company or magazine that supplied the image?
- Date: What is the date of the image?
- Rights: Either the Creative Commons License “CC BY-NC”, etc OR “These images are for educational use only” goes here.
- Citations will also go in this field.
- “Citation: Last name, First name. Title. Date, Location of image/website, URL.”
- Leave the rest of the fields blank – they will not show on the item.
Click on the Item Type Metadata tab:
In the dropdown box, select the type of the uploaded file: still image, text, sound, or moving image
Click on the "Files" tab
Add your file to the Omeka site: (maximum file size is 128MB)
"Choose File" to attach your image
Click on the "Tags" tab
TAGS: Use the genre of your group as a tag, ie grunge or hippie
Find the "Add Item" box
Choose the collection THEA279A_Fall2023
Check "Public" (if you see it)
Once you choose the collection, click "Add Item"
Check your item
Click "Items" in the sidebar to look at your item and check the metadata
