CombiningForces:
The Omeka for Art Historians Working Group
Sheila A. Brennan
Director of Strategic Initiatives Research Associate Professor
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History & New Media
@sherah1918
Getty Foundation
#DoingDAH14
Omeka Team | Working Group
Michele Greet, GMU
Kimon Keramidas, NYU
Barbara Mundy, Fordham
Meghan Musolff, Michigan
Miriam Posner, UCLA
Daniela Sandler, UMinn
Nathan Timpano, Miami
Project Goals
- Convene working group of art historians using Omeka to advise on new dev & design
- Design 3 new Omeka themes
- Build a VRACore element set & Editorial Feedback plugin
- Write documentation for using
Omeka for art history classes & research - Present at CAA!
- Contribute to growing body of
digital art history work
Patterns of Work (plugins)
Scoping out requirements, requests, discussion in G-docs (first)
Patterns of Work (themes)
Scoping out some needs and wants (survey)
ArtHistoryDev
Created an Omeka testing site on RRCHNM dev server for working group members
Iterative Development
Develop/design, test, revise, re-test
with Omeka team + working group
3 New Themes
Editorial Plugin
Successes
- Designing for targeted audiences is great!
- Working with enthusiastic collaborators
- On track to complete all deliverables
- Making targeted intervention in digital art history initiatives
Please Try & Test!
- Center Row: https://github.com/omeka/theme-centerrow
- The Daily: https://github.com/omeka/theme-thedaily
- Big Picture: https://github.com/omeka/theme-bigpicture/
- VRA Core Element Set: https://github.com/omeka/plugin-VraCore/
- Editorial Plugin: https://github.com/omeka/plugin-Editorial/releases/tag/v0.1.0-beta
Available today on GItHub
Omeka Addons Directory
(soon)
Challenges
- New Themes and Plugins must work together w/existing core code & extensions
- Plugin dev'd by other orgs (ie, Neatline) are out of our
control
- Managing priorities w/other Omeka development
- Somethings are harder than you think!
- Everyone is busy.
Future of this Collaboration
- Wrapping Up: April 30
- Hoping to continue new relationships with working group members
- Seeking other opportunities for collaboration on Omeka development or on art history projects.
Thank you!
Sheila A. Brennan
Director of Strategic Initiatives Research Associate Professor
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History & New Media
Image: Robert Rauschenberg, Winter Pool
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