Hi,
I’m new to Omeka, but I’m part of a scholarly organization seeking to move a long-time print series into the digital world. Omeka seems to provide an interface that can be fairly accessible to our members. As I report back and move through various sets of test groups of users, I’m getting reasonable follow-up questions about certain aspects of the platform, and would like any advice that you might have for me as we think about adoping Omeka.
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the issue of longevity of the program. I will always note that there are no guarantees, but the breadth of the Omeka userbase its status as open source seem to argue for there being some long-term functionality (and support). I would also argue that since it really runs on top of a mySQL DB, that our DB could be ported to a new system, if ever needed. Are there other arguments or views about this issue that I might want to include?
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We are an international group and the ability for users to have access to the Omeka platform in their languages will be important. I am aware that there is some localisation available. Can anyone speak to how successful that has been in their own projects?
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I have set up a trial version of Omeka, using Omeka Classic, but are there sufficient benefits to consider moving to Omeka S. ? Our database is text only and our records have very limited fields.
Thanks in advance for any insights, thoughts or suggestions you might have,
NB