creating a small digital edition of Vernon Lee/HG Wells letters on Omeka
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mandy gagel
Aug 29, 2012, 7:17:05 PM8/29/12
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Hello!
My name is Mandy Gagel and I am going to be using Omeka for the first time this fall to create a site for the display of Vernon Lee and H.G. Wells letters written between 1904 and 1914. I will provide the manuscript images and my transcriptions of the letters. I have the letter transcriptionsin TEI/XML now.
There are about 18 letters.
We will be downloading the Omeka software here at Loyola U. soon and I anticipate using the plugins, Doc. Viewer, TEI-Display and likely Neatline so I can use it for some mapping purposes I envision.
I was wondering if anyone can point me in the direction of an Omeka project that has done similar work. I remember looking at the Peries Project once and now I cannot find the site and am wondering if it is still around. Most of what I have seen on the Omeka sites showcased are archives of images and other kinds of generated content. But my project will focus on MS letters and transcriptions, with some contextual material.
If you have any advice to offer concerning the Plug-ins listed, please do....
I want to have this up and running by middle Dec...so I hope I haven't bit off more than I can chew?
Any advice is appreciated!
Mandy Gagel
My name is Mandy Gagel and I am going to be using Omeka for the first time this fall to create a site for the display of Vernon Lee and H.G. Wells letters written between 1904 and 1914. I will provide the manuscript images and my transcriptions of the letters. I have the letter transcriptionsin TEI/XML now.
There are about 18 letters.
We will be downloading the Omeka software here at Loyola U. soon and I anticipate using the plugins, Doc. Viewer, TEI-Display and likely Neatline so I can use it for some mapping purposes I envision.
I was wondering if anyone can point me in the direction of an Omeka project that has done similar work. I remember looking at the Peries Project once and now I cannot find the site and am wondering if it is still around. Most of what I have seen on the Omeka sites showcased are archives of images and other kinds of generated content. But my project will focus on MS letters and transcriptions, with some contextual material.
If you have any advice to offer concerning the Plug-ins listed, please do....
I want to have this up and running by middle Dec...so I hope I haven't bit off more than I can chew?
Any advice is appreciated!
Mandy Gagel
Sue Hemmens
Aug 30, 2012, 2:39:13 AM8/30/12
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Hi Mandy
I've been involved in a similar project. It's not formally live yet but I've sent you a link off-list.
What you propose should work very well. We made a few changes to the code including a modification to the Dropbox plugin so that you can batch-upload your letters (we were dealing with a larger number).
best of luck with your project!
Sue
Mandy Gagel
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Patrick Murray-John
Aug 30, 2012, 10:12:45 AM8/30/12
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Sounds like a great project!
Depending on what kinds of "contextual material" you have in mind, it
might also be helpful to use the ExhibitBuilder plugin to present that
context. The pages for individual items are great for presenting the
items themselves, but presenting context is often better done with an
exhibit. That said, the displays Neatline produces do offer some nice
tools for context about the item without forcing it into the description
field, so that might work well, too. I'm not sure if Neatline's displays
will play well with TEI Display and Doc Viewer, though.
Alternatively, you might find the Item Relations plugin helpful for
building links between related items.
I haven't directly used the TEI Display plugin myself, but I have made
use of the XSL stylesheet that it uses. I've been pleased with the HTML
they generated (indeed, I used it because I was not happy with the
product of the XSLT from TEI itself for my project). But anytime we
start talking about transforming TEI, it's possible that you'll
encounter quirks between the encoding and what the stylesheet expects. I
find that inherent to the nature of TEI encoding. And so, I'd say watch
for the possibility of quirks in the display, and the possibility of
tweaking the stylesheet. Keeping in mind that TEI to HTML always loses
information, it might help to start thinking about what features of your
transcription, if any, need to be maintained in the HTML.
In my experience, _any_ project can easily turn into having bit off more
than you can chew! Maybe that's just me, but I'd say that it's okay and
expected to make decisions about what you are _not_ going to do with the
project, just to keep it masticable.
HTH,
Patrick
Depending on what kinds of "contextual material" you have in mind, it
might also be helpful to use the ExhibitBuilder plugin to present that
context. The pages for individual items are great for presenting the
items themselves, but presenting context is often better done with an
exhibit. That said, the displays Neatline produces do offer some nice
tools for context about the item without forcing it into the description
field, so that might work well, too. I'm not sure if Neatline's displays
will play well with TEI Display and Doc Viewer, though.
Alternatively, you might find the Item Relations plugin helpful for
building links between related items.
I haven't directly used the TEI Display plugin myself, but I have made
use of the XSL stylesheet that it uses. I've been pleased with the HTML
they generated (indeed, I used it because I was not happy with the
product of the XSLT from TEI itself for my project). But anytime we
start talking about transforming TEI, it's possible that you'll
encounter quirks between the encoding and what the stylesheet expects. I
find that inherent to the nature of TEI encoding. And so, I'd say watch
for the possibility of quirks in the display, and the possibility of
tweaking the stylesheet. Keeping in mind that TEI to HTML always loses
information, it might help to start thinking about what features of your
transcription, if any, need to be maintained in the HTML.
In my experience, _any_ project can easily turn into having bit off more
than you can chew! Maybe that's just me, but I'd say that it's okay and
expected to make decisions about what you are _not_ going to do with the
project, just to keep it masticable.
HTH,
Patrick
Sue Hemmens
Aug 30, 2012, 10:39:57 AM8/30/12
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Hi Patrick
I'd be interested to see any examples you have of using ExhibitBuilder with TEI material!
Many thanks
Sue
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mandy gagel
Aug 30, 2012, 11:01:31 AM8/30/12
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Thank you Sue and Patrick for your advice!
I will look into all your suggestions. Depending on how much I am able
to accomplish in the next couple months, I may put off working on
Neatline as well......if it proves to be a hassle at first.
And yes, Patrick, feel free to send some examples our way!
all best
Mandy
I will look into all your suggestions. Depending on how much I am able
to accomplish in the next couple months, I may put off working on
Neatline as well......if it proves to be a hassle at first.
And yes, Patrick, feel free to send some examples our way!
all best
Mandy
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