Omeka inspiration

When thinking about our Morningside project, I find this Omeka site from the Champaign-Urbana community inspiring, eBlackCU. The eBlackCU is a collaborative portal on African-American history and culture in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois where the University of Illinois is located. The site has been built collaboratively with the community to create a local archive of African-American history and culture. In particular, I like how you can browse the content by decade. There is also a nice range of materials on the site including photographs, moving images, oral history, and sound files.

Barbara Rockenbach

Author: Barbara Rockenbach

A librarian and art historian by training, Barbara is interested in how the digital humanities provide libraries a new model for scholarly engagement. Her research interests include information ethics, pedagogy and libraries, digital humanities in libraries, and 20th century photography.