Using Wix to Create a Digital History Project

Why digital exhibits?

Benefits of digital exhibit work

• Learn how to present information on the web
• How to shape your narrative to a particular digital tool
• Develop information for a broad audience

Examples

Library-centric exhibits

• Marriott Library Digital Exhibits, exhibits.lib.utah.edu
• Digital Public Library of America Exhibits, https://dp.la/exhibitions
• Utah State University Exhibits, http://exhibits.usu.edu/

Contemporary Public History

• Baltimore Uprising 2015, https://www.baltimoreuprising2015.org/
• New Roots/Nuevas Raíces, https://newroots.lib.unc.edu/
• A People's Archive of Police Violence in Cleveland, http://www.archivingpoliceviolence.org/
• Our Marathon (started as Omeka project, then transferred to another system), https://marathon.library.northeastern.edu/

Even more examples at Omeka showcase: https://omeka.org/classic/showcase/

Text from Anna Neatrour's Omeka Lib Guide available at http://campusguides.lib.utah.edu/omekanet