Omeka.net as a librarian led digital humanities meeting place
Purpose This case study aims to evaluate Omeka.net, the hosted Web publishing exhibit tool, as a low cost and technology friendly platform encouraging dynamic academic and non academic communities to collaborate, explore and contribute to a genre film festival resource. Design/methodology/approach A literature review established six variables to assess Omeka.net as a viable platform for libraries seeking to administer a resource focused website adhering to information standards with limited budgets, training and technical or institutional support. The variables identified were cost; website management; content building and management; communities, engagement and collaboration; exploration and knowledge building; and website support. Findings Omeka.net supports many activities with notable functions for website administration; collection building; media formats; collaboration; metadata; social media; user contributions; technical support; and the creation of simple, custom pages. While templates for