Kayla,

I don't know about Omeka Classic but Omeka S has a DSpace Connector module that might be able to be utilized for your use case.

https://omeka.org/s/modules/DspaceConnector/
https://omeka.org/s/docs/user-manual/modules/dspaceconnector/

We do not use it here so I can't speak to its functionality in practical terms.

Buddy Pennington (He/him)
Head of Systems & Technology
Miller Nichols Library, 308D
800 East 51st Street

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Hi, Kayla.

This is certainly possible, and we did something like this at Princeton University Library, but it was not an out of the box solution. We set up a Blacklight site to index only the research data from our legacy DSpace site, which you can see here: https://datacommons.princeton.edu/discovery/

This required creating a list of the collections we consider research data:
https://github.com/pulibrary/pdc_discovery/blob/main/config/collections.csv

Then for each collection, we used the DSpace API to get the metadata in XML and index it to solr with traject:
https://github.com/pulibrary/pdc_discovery/blob/main/app/lib/dspace_research_data_harvester.rb#L30

So, I don't know if it's possible with Omeka or Wordpress, but it's definitely possible with Blacklight (but does require custom development).
Presumably you could also get it working with Spotlight if you wanted more of a custom exhibit site.

I hope this helps!
Bess Sadler
Princeton University Library

On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 11:14 AM Kayla Abner <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I have a question about possibly using DSpace as a "database" / server
> and whether or not we could design multiple frontends that draw from
> it. Here's the ideal situation I have in mind:
>
>    1. A faculty member wants to build a "digital archive" for their stuff
>    2. We upload their stuff into our DSpace instance
>    3. We or they design a unique frontend for people to interact with the
>    stuff in DSpace.
>
> For step 3, could this be done in Omeka? Wordpress? Something else?
> This would enable each "archive" to have its own plane of existence on
> the internet, and allow for customization if someone wants a map, or
> drop-down menus to search the archive, etc., depending on their needs.
>
> I usually recommend things like Airtable, Omeka, and eHive for this
> type of project, but more and more these platforms don't meet the
> needs of academics. I have an intermediate understanding of hosting
> and websites, so I appreciate any ideas you all have!
>
> Stay well,
>
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