Definition:  

You can build your own collections of digital resources and make them available online.

Tools:

• Collex: "Collex allows users to collect, annotate, and tag online objects and to repurpose them in illustrated, interlinked essays or exhibits." (Free, web-based)
• Drop.io: "Drop.io is the simplest way to share files online. Simply set up a private space to drop any files by phone, email, web, widget or fax and then share them with whoever you want via a variety of outputs." (Commercial, web-based)
• Gallery: "open source web based photo album organizer...an intuitive way to blend photo management seamlessly into your own website"
• Greenstone: "a suite of open-source software for building and distributing digital library collections" (Free; open source, cross-platform)
• MDID: "an online image database and multimedia instructional system designed to create and show Internet-based lectures using digitized images" (Free, web-based)
• Omeka: "a web platform for publishing collections and exhibitions online. Designed for cultural institutions, enthusiasts, and educators, Omeka is easy to install and modify and facilitates community-building around collections and exhibits." (Free; open source, Linux/Apache/MySQL5/PHP5)
• KORA: "KORA is an open source database driven, online digital repository that allows institutions to ingest, manage, and deliver digital objects and their corresponding metadata."

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