We have launched a new development cycle for OHMS (Oral History Metadata Synchronizer) that will have some minor and some major updates coming in the next few months. The first of the updates have been released. OHMS Viewer v…
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This post is about the Nunn Center’s release of the OHMS plugin suite for Omeka that integrates OHMS (the Oral History Metadata Synchronizer) and Omeka in several powerful ways. But first, some historical context. A BIT OF HISTORY When…
Here are some of my favorite digital tools that may prove useful for core aspects of the oral history process. I will be adding to this on a continuous basis, adding new tools and categories of tools periodically, so…
As the Director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky Libraries and the principle creator/designer of OHMS (Oral History Metadata Synchronizer), I am a strong advocate for enhancing the way we provide online…
I have been traveling around and talking a great deal, lately, about OHMS (Oral History Metadata Synchronizer). If you aren’t aware of OHMS, its a free, open source digital tool that improves the user experience for online oral history–connecting…
One of the most powerful things about archived oral histories is each recorded interview contains hundreds, if not thousands, of moments filled with meaningful content that possess near infinite potential for engaging future researchers in unforeseen ways. One of…
Typical archival institutions are delivering oral history collections online using repository systems that fail to accommodate oral history’s complex, multidimensional nature. As a result, the majority of interviews being posted online provide challenging user experiences. I created OHMS (Oral…
We just added a new feature to the OHMS viewer–the ability to create direct links to individual segments in an OHMS index. Now, you can dynamically send your users to specific moments in an oral history interview. Check it…
Three years ago, I worked with Eric Weig, who managed the Kentucky Digital Library (KDL), to create a better way to present oral history online. The Nunn Center was focusing energy on transcription and the KDL was putting our…