Hello Colleagues.
Here is a summary of responses to my Timelines query. Dizzying. Tiki Toki seemed to catch my eye. Also, for my needs….Timeline Maker.
Margaret Ericson, Arts Librarian, Colby College Libraries
· 2 recommendations for Tiki-Toki http://www.tiki-toki.com/. There is a free version and premium version.
See: http://mag.rochester.edu/timeline
Lu Harper
Librarian/Webmaster
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester
See: Irving Penn Archives website, including Penn's life and career and an exhibition history. The museum's web team was responsible for transferring content that I created in .doc to XML for inclusion in the timeline software, and I believe that the workflow was smooth. Images can be included
Bridget Madden
Assistant Director, Visual Resources Center
The University of Chicago Department of Art History
· 1 recommendation for Timeline Maker http://www.timelinemaker.com/index.php
Free trial.
Sally Stokes
Interim Head
Art and Architecture Libraries
University of Maryland
· 1 recommendation for History Pin http://www.historypin.com/
This is a social timeline platform for sharing using your Google/Facebook/Twitter Account. Read the FAQ http://www.historypin.com/faq/
· My IT people at Colby:
MS Office:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/create-a-timeline-HA010336240.aspx
Capzles. A Social Media Timeline. You need to make an account for this one but it is free and has gorgeous results. http://www.capzles.com/#
Preceden http://www.preceden.com/
Again you need to create an account but it seems straightforward with less of a learning curve than Capzles.
· 2 recommendations for Neatline, which is a propriety Omeka plugin http://neatline.org/
From John Taormina (Duke) and Susanne Javorski (Wesleyan)
· From : Susanne Javorski, Art and Reference Librarian
Wesleyan University, Art Library
o TimelineJS http://timeline.knightlab.com/#
An open-source tool for building interactive timelines. Available in 40 languages. Built-in support for pulling in media from: Twitter, Flickr, Google Maps, YouTube, Vimeo, Vine, Dailymotion, Wikipedia, SoundCloud.
o SIMILE http://wordpress.org/plugins/simile-timeline-display/
Create interactive timelines for websites; also available as a plugin in Wesleyan’s WordPress system
o ViewShare http://viewshare.org/
Library of Congress platform for presenting digital collections – includes a timeline
· From: Maria Gonzalez
My students have been interested in using Zotero [ http://www.zotero.org/blog/visualize-your-zotero-collections-in-timelines/
], but I don't find it user friendly. Years ago there was Visio and the like...I still rely on MS WORD and its ability to print vertically.