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Online Publishing Platforms

Want to share your work openly? Look here for workshops and tools to support sharing your work with wider publics.

What support is available for Online Publishing?

Digital Scholarship Project Help Office Hours

  • Get started with digital projects and the platforms available to share your work openly. Office hours are held virtually on Thursdays from 11:00am-12:00pm. (You will need to sign in with your UW NETID.)
  • If you have any questions, please reach out to vkern@uw.edu.

Learn On-Demand

Resources

Tools

  • ArcGIS StoryMaps
    • Create inspiring, immersive stories by combining text, interactive maps, and other multimedia content, and quickly and easily share your map with others.

 

  • Manifold
    • Share your research openly or build a critical edition or digital book with your class using Manifold, a digital book publishing software. Manifold can also be used to gather feedback on drafts of a text through annotations or can allow you to share conference proceedings with broad audiences.

 

  • Omeka
    • Collect, describe, and share research images and artifacts in this easy-to-use platform; it’s like your very own virtual museum!

 

  • Pressbooks
    • A free, easy, and professional self-publishing platform to create an open textbook or other open online course resource.

 

    • ResearchWorks
      • Preserve your original work in University of Washington’s institutional repository.

     

        • WordPress
          • WordPress makes it easy to organize a wide range of content including oral histories, video and more.

         

        Workshops

        Introduction to Omeka Workshop

        Organize your collection of images and create your own online exhibits using Omeka! This workshop will introduce you to the basics of adding items to Omeka, creating collections of images, and putting them in conversation with one another through exhibits.

        Available to: Current students, faculty, and staff

        Offered: Quarterly

        Next Session: TBA

        Create the World’s Fastest Book: Manifold Workshop

        Explore Manifold, a digital book publishing platform that incorporates media, visualizations, and more into your text. You'll walk away from this workshop with your own text or a public domain text of your choice loaded into Manifold and understanding of how to seamlessly annotate a Manifold text with text and media.

        Available to: Current students, faculty, and staff

        Offered: Quarterly