Tutorial 1: IIIF, Mirador, and Book History Content
Participants will come away with a better understanding of what IIIF content is, and how to maximize the research value of digitized collections with commonly used tools.
Section 1: What is IIIF?
For more information, see http://iiif.io
For John Unsworth's discussion of scholarly primitives, see http://people.virginia.edu/~jmu2m//Kings.5-00/primitives.html
Two APIs
Image API
Presentation API
Image API
Quick Exercise: go to https://www.learniiif.org/image-api/playground and manipulate the test image
For later: https://www.learniiif.org - developed by Jack Reed - is a wonderful tutorial that you can use for reference throughout these workshops.
Fun with cropping
From this tool, https://jbhoward-dublin.github.io/IIIF-imageManipulation/index.html?imageID=https://iiif.ucd.ie/loris/ivrla:10408, try cropping specific images.
Presentation API
To learn more, read an overview at https://www.learniiif.org/presentation-api/ or the full specification at https://iiif.io/api/presentation/2.1/
Example 1: Comparing copies of Sidereus nuncius from different repositories
Note: I'll demonstrate this live, and then we'll practice together in Section 2 below.
Step 1: Find desired content at multiple repository websites (some example below)
Stanford Libraries (Venice): https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/1204402
Boston Public Library (Frankfurt): https://archive.org/details/sidereusnunciusm00gali_0/page/n4/mode/2up
Smithsonian (Venice): https://archive.org/details/sidereusnunciusm00gali/page/n6/mode/2up
Smithsonian (Venice): https://archive.org/details/Sidereusnuncius00Gali/page/1/mode/2up
BSB (Frankfurt): https://app.digitale-sammlungen.de/bookshelf/bsb10859768
BSB (Frankfurt): https://app.digitale-sammlungen.de/bookshelf/bsb10859768
Cambridge University Library (Venice): https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-ADAMS-00005-00061-00001/1
Step 2: Find IIIF icon for desired content (or manifest URL)
Some repositories will have the IIIF icon where you can either drag and drop the object into Mirador or copy the URL for the manifest. Others are a bit more difficult...
Tips & Tricks:
For materials at the Internet Archive, the IIIF manifest is constructed by:
finding the item ID
inserting it in the following URL structure: https://iiif.archivelab.org/iiif/{item ID}/manifest.json
for example:
https://archive.org/details/Sidereusnuncius00Gali/page/1/mode/2up becomes
https://iiif.archivelab.org/iiif/Sidereusnuncius00Gali/manifest.json
IIIF access for materials in CONTENTdm can be found at https://researchworks.oclc.org/iiif-explorer/
Material in Gallica, from the Bibliothèque national de France, is available via IIIF as well. To construct a manifest for these, use the following pattern:
https://gallica.bnf.fr/iiif/ark:/12148/{ARK_Name}/manifest.json
so https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9907264.r=sidereus?rk=21459;2 becomes
https://gallica.bnf.fr/iiif/ark:/12148/bpt6k9907264/manifest.json
Step 3: Bring together items for comparison in Mirador
I'll demonstrate this here, and we'll practice together in Section 2 below
Section 2: Finding Content
Finding interoperable material around the world
OCLC IIIF Explorer (experimental): https://researchworks.oclc.org/iiif-explorer/
Bayerische StaatsBibliothek: https://app.digitale-sammlungen.de/bookshelf/
Stanford Special Collections: https://bit.ly/stanford_iiif
Biblissima (aggregates many European libraries): https://iiif.biblissima.fr/collections/
The Vatican: https://digi.vatlib.it/
Many, many more: https://bit.ly/iiif_collections
A browser plug-in for finding IIIF manifests: https://github.com/2SC1815J/open-in-iiif-viewer (h/t to Niqui O'Neill)
Quick Exercise: open http://projectmirador.org/demo/
Find a book or manuscript that interests you from 1-7 above
Find the IIIF badge, and drag it into Mirador, or the IIIF manifest URL and add it to the Mirador workspace
Section 3: The Basics of Mirador
More at http://projectmirador.org/
We'll do a brief tour together, and then explore on our own.
Quick Exercise:open http://projectmirador.org/demo/
Build a workspace view that compares two or more manuscripts
If you want, take a screenshot or picture of your comparison and share on Twitter: #IIIF
Conclusion
IIIF is a community, with practitioners and experts worldwide, and aims to be very inclusive. Having difficulty getting started, looking for a little help with a specific task, or wanting to dive in much deeper? Please reach out:
Discussion List: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/iiif-discuss
Slack: http://bit.ly/iiif-slack
Join the community calls: https://iiif.io/community/call
Awesome-IIIF: https://github.com/IIIF/awesome-iiif
Twitter:
IIIF admin team: @iiif_io
Hashtag: #IIIF
or reach out to me directly @bla222
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