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Omeka-D
Dartmouth faculty have been building digital text projects for decades but each one has been a standalone creation. When the grant ends or the original developer moves on, the faculty member is left maintaining unfamiliar software on borrowed time.
What changed
A researcher with a text corpus can now bring it to a supported, shared platform without writing a new grant or hiring a developer from scratch. The collections live on maintained infrastructure with preservation planning built in from the start, so the work outlasts any single funding cycle.
Custom TEI Parsing Module
We built a custom Omeka S module that ingests TEI-encoded texts — a powerful XML markup used across digital humanities — and renders them for browsing, search, and annotation. This lets faculty bring richly encoded source material onto the platform without stripping out the scholarly metadata they’ve already invested in creating.
Hosted Service Offering
Omeka-D is available as a service to any Dartmouth researcher working with text collections. The platform handles hosting, infrastructure, and ongoing maintenance, so faculty can focus on their scholarship rather than managing servers and software updates.
Preservation by Design
Every project on Omeka-D starts with a preservation plan. Built in consultation with Dartmouth Library’s digital preservation team, the platform supports multiple end-of-life pathways — from continued maintenance to graceful devolution to base assets and data — so collections are never one emergency away from disappearing.