Category: Digital Systems

Linnea Eberhart Check out my exhibit by clicking the image above. As an admitted museum systems noob, using exhibit.so proved to be an exercise in remaining open minded and pivoting as needed. I had initially assumed that using the IIIF manifest for the Omeka S collection I had previously created would make this assignment relatively…

For my exploration of a digital system I chose to work with Exhibit.so, a tool used to, in their words “create, narrate, and share exhibits”. This is a fairly accurate evaluation of the system, as that is all it does, and in my opinion, even those aspects are done poorly. I want to share a…

My exhibit, titled Cupid and Psyche, was made in exhibit.so because I wanted to experiment with creating an online exhibit with an interactive element. I selected a photograph of the marble relief Cupid Kissing Psyche by John Gibson that is held by the Royal Academy of Arts. The photograph of the relief was taken by…

https://www.exhibit.so/exhibits/wqwVMqUpRpGXBjjPaHzW I decide to take a closer look at Exhibit.so to review its advantages and disadvantages for broader use in museums and institutions. I did not really face too many challenges working with or interacting with the Exhibit.so system. I found it to be quite easy to navigate and manipulate. The system offers editable templates so…

Creating a virtual exhibit using the Exhibit.so system is quite daunting, initially. For an individual who does not consider themselves tech-savvy, creating a virtual exhibit from scratch seems impossible. The verbiage used in this process can be confusing. Manifest? URI? However, once the process becomes clearer, one discovers the interconnectivity of virtual images and metadata,…

The exhibit I created on exhibit.so using IIIF can be found here. Challenges: I had trouble deciding which program would be best suited to my skill level and my technology needs to create a proper exhibit. I dabbled with Quire and linked data technologies, but their layouts were too open-ended and required a working knowledge…

Quire, the open-source digital publishing tool, is chock-full of seemingly endless means of customizability ranging from extensive multimedia options and Markdown language support to its simplistic organization and website design while still allowing for the user to upload their own images, galleries, table of contents and search functionality. However, due to Quire’s aforementioned grand abilities…