Omeka Pitch: Making History in National Parks
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NPS Mellon Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
November 2024
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Archive of program materials (public and/or private)
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Archive/Showcase Fellows' work on NPS.gov (most similar to org site)
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Publish Fellows' work that is not on NPS.gov or that can be expanded/duplicated in this website
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Professional development for Fellows
Why build a new website?
What is Omeka?
A content management system (CMS) built by and for humanities professionals since 2007
Publish digital items, collections, and media-rich exhibits online
- $100/year for 100GB
- $15/year for domain name (URL)
- Technical support with server but no dedicated maintenance to site
- $2500-3000/yr for 100GB
- Domain included
- Technical support, development support, daily backups, and ongoing maintenance for site
- $1500/yr for Sustainability hosting after program ends
Hosting and Pricing
Omeka Classic or Omeka S?
Both work on similar logic:
items --> collections --> exhibits/pages
Omeka Classic: One project/website with many exhibits/pages
Omeka S: Shared resources between many projects/websites
Omeka Classic
Omeka S
Next Steps: Dec '24-Feb '25
- Create the archive of pre-existing fellows work
- Decide on site title/domain name (or URL)
- Wireframe out a project organization to discuss with group in December
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Decide on hosting plan
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Contract with designer to customize the site
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Purchase and build out site(s) by end of January to start populating (design and populating can happen at once)