I had trouble figuring out what I wanted to do with Omeka, so I decided to archive some of my old books. (You can check it out at bensbooks.omeka.net) For the most part, I collect these books to look at, not to read, so I scanned the parts that are most interesting visually (the cover, title page, and any inscription or signature). I set each book as a collection, and the individual pictures as items. I simplified the look of the description page by taking out the words “Dublin core” and the empty categories (under appearance, settings, uncheck the two boxes at the bottom). To take full advantage of Omeka’s tools, I feel like I should create an exhibit that tells a story about each book, but I don’t really have a lot to say about them (I bought most of them at the Goodwill). I’m starting to see how Omeka can be useful. Maybe if I had a bigger collection, for example, it would act as a way to organize and search through it. I also thought about adding electronic versions of the texts that are in the public domain, just to add some other kind of content besides still images.