Creating Digital Collections

Omeka is a web publishing platform for sharing digital collections and creating media-rich online exhibits. Omeka.net is the software as a service version of Omeka. Free and paid versions.

Omeka Classic is a web publishing platform for sharing digital collections and creating media-rich online exhibits. It is open source, but requires the user to set up their own web hosting. Free.

Omeka S is a next-generation web publishing platform for institutions interested in connecting digital cultural heritage collections with other resources online. It is open source, but requires the user to set up their own hosting. Free.

Scalar is a free, open source authoring and publishing platform that’s designed for authors to write long-form, born-digital scholarship online. Free.

Wordpress is a widely-used content management system. Wordpress.com is the software as a service version of Wordpress. Free and paid versions.

Wordpress is an open-source content management system. Users need to set up their own web hosting. Free.

The free, mobile, and open source platform built with Indigenous communities to manage and share digital cultural heritage. Free.

CollectionBuilder is an open source tool for creating digital collection and exhibit websites that are driven by metadata and powered by modern static web technology. Free.

Wax is an extensible workflow for producing scholarly exhibitions with minimal computing principles. Free.

Affordable hosting option that includes one-click installers for common digital collections software. Paid.

A tool for cleaning and manipulating data. Useful for working with collection metadata. Free.

AudiAnnotate is a project to publish and share annotations on audio files using IIIF and GitHub Pages. It could be used to create digital editions with audio. Free.

FromThePage is software for creating transcriptions and translations. It has an export to static site option that could be used to create digital editions.