FINOkoyeJul 15, 2023

Yet another question... what's the Squarespace/WordPress of databases?

Been bumping into all these cool new museums/independent research orgs people are starting up and I really feel they deserve better than the bloated crap sold at museum expos that the big institutions are currently saddled with...

#MuseumTech #OpenAccess #Databases

Show threadTim GasperakJul 15, 2023
@FINOkoye There aren't great options, sadly. The best open access/open source option could be https://omeka.org but I find it to be difficult and not straightforward – certainly not straightforward on the level of a Squarespace.
Omeka

Omeka is a free, flexible, and open source web-publishing platform for the display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and exhibitions. Its five-minute setup makes launching an online archive or exhibition as easy as launching a blog.

Show threadFINOkoyeJul 16, 2023

@gasperak Yeah, I have yet to try Airtable at scale but overall I think you're right.

I'll put some time in over the summer to hack about with Omeka and see what I can do, though.

Show threadTim Gasperak
@FINOkoye Omeka is primarily a CMS & database for building institutional collections and exhibitions. Airtable is definitely easy to use, but proprietary and only a database.
Jul 16, 2023 at 7:02pmWeb
Show threadFINOkoyeJul 20, 2023
@gasperak Yup - for sure part of the experimentation will be seeing how far I can go with something like Airtable (and a layer or two of automation tools e.g. Zapier and CMS'/front end packages) vs the ones with more/additional CMS capability