Omeka Workshop
The more I use Omeka, the more frustrated I get. It’s no so much about how the site works, it’s more that I have this imaginary site that I want to create in my head and it seems physically impossible to do. I put in new content and I still have doubts how I want to organize everything. I have so much that I want to do that it will cover at least two exhibits with the data and resources that I found. There are so many directions that I can take with this project, but each one I consider falls short or omits something that I think will fit in the exhibit, but could also appear in another one.
I plan to do my Omeka site on adaptations of the novel Pride and Prejudice. Another problem that I’m finding is copyright issues. While the novel itself is in public domain, all of the adaptations are still under copyright laws. I have found some images and excerpts of the novels or information about the adaptations online, but I have to limit myself on what I can post in order to not overstep my bounds. I have this idea in my head on what I want to share, and how I want to explain everything to my readers on the website, but I need to work my way around these laws that are put into place.
I can help you with the technical dimensions, and we can talk about how far Fair Use will allow you to go. In other respects that tensions you address are appropriate — in that they suggest you are grappling with the inevitable trade-offs of any such decisions and organization schemes. So the task then is to sketch them out and make the “least worst” decision.