iiif as an enabler to interoperability within a single institution
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IIIF as an Enabler to Interoperability within a Single Institution
Randy Stern Harvard University IT - Library Technology Services
Jeff Emanuel, Jud Harward, Rashmi SinghalHarvard University IT – Academic Technology Services
Jeff StewardHarvard Art Museums
IIIF Conference – May 11, 2016
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Digital content sharing at Harvard - Before
The goal - IIIF at Harvard - After
Use Cases
• The Library: An updated page viewer for the Digital Repository Service – with smooth zoom/pan, 2 page view, etc.
• HarvardX: Embedded, annotated display of Harvard Library images in HarvardX courses delivered on the edX platform
• Canvas course platform: Display and comparison of Library and faculty-uploaded images in on-campus courses web sites
• Harvard Art Museums: Create online exhibits and digital tours with museum image content from the digital repository
IIIF – to the rescue
• A common API• Opens Harvard library digital content for reuse
over the Web• Allows Harvard to reuse external content• ** Breaks down silos within Harvard, and enables
reuse of content
Mirador – a IIIF enabled image viewer for the university
Metadata(Titles, Authors, Subjects, etc.)
Digital Images
Related AuthoritiesNames, Places
Annotations&
Transcriptions
IIIF Presentation API IIIF Image API Linked Open Data Open Annotation
OPEN APIs – Harvard entities can reuse and embed each others content
• Library• Canvas/edX
Course• Museum TMS
Databases
• Library• Course Image Sets• Museums
• Linked Data for Libraries
• CATCH annotation store
Data sources
Annotations – a further opportunityThe International Image Interoperability Framework
Now• Enhance teaching through faculty commentary• Enhance learning through student discussions• Record private observations
Future• Enhance research through collaborative annotation• On manuscripts for textual criticism• On images of art objects for conservation and publication• On collections of visual materials to create a research corpus
Mirador – annotationsThe International Image Interoperability Framework
Image Media Management LTI applicationThe International Image Interoperability Framework
Goals• Filling a gap in Canvas• Faculty–contributed content• Shared through IIIF
Future• Seamlessly import image
media from any IIIF-compliant repository
• Further define, and expand access to, annotation capability
Image Media Management LTI applicationThe International Image Interoperability Framework
Goals• Filling a gap in Canvas• Faculty–contributed content• Shared through IIIF
Harvard MuseumsThe International Image Interoperability Framework
Goals– Enhance desire to view physical objects– Expand options for comparative images in digital tours platform– Prove museums data is interoperable
Future– 3D object viewing– 3D object virtual reconstruction– Viewing of complex living documents like curatorial object files and
archives
Harvard Art MuseumsThe International Image Interoperability Framework
So now…• “The Book” is live on edX
using images from thelibrary digital repository
• The library IIIF service exposes millions of images– http://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/iiif/5981214/0,0,1200,1200/full/full/native.jpg
• The library has a new book viewer for the digital repository– http://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/view/drs:5981093$7b
• Faculty and teaching staff staff can upload, curate, share, and display IIIF-compliant images in their online and residential courses
The Book: Histories Across Time and Space
Drawing on the rich collections of Harvard’s libraries and museums, learners are invited to explore the book not simply as a container of content, but as a meaningful physical object that has shaped the way we understand the world around us
And it’s being more widely adopted
• HarvardX and Harvard’s Academic Technology Group– Are developing additional LTI image display and
annotation tools for use in the Canvas and edX course platforms
• The Harvard Art Museums– have deployed a beta of IIIF for image access and
viewing and have embedded Mirador in a digital tour builder platform
IIIF Interoperability at Harvard
Library IT
Digital Humanities
Faculty
HarvardX
Harvard Library
IIIF – Open Access
Mirador – Open Source
Mirador embedded in “The Book”
Page Turner for the library Digital Repository
IIIF APIs – 100,000 book objects for the world
Image Viewer for course web sites
Image Viewer for the Art Museums
Academic Technology
Harvard Art
Museums
Brief Chronology• 2010 Harvard library technologists tracking IIIF• 2012 – Focus group of faculty, academic technology, library staff and
library technology assess options for a new page turner• 2012 – Harvard commits $40M to and funds a IIIF developer• 2013 – “The Book: Histories Across Time and Space” begins
development• 2014 – Harvard Library IIIF services for 120,000 books and
manuscripts (5M page images) plus 10M still images• 2015 – “The Book” launches, Art museums IIIF manifest service for
250,000 art objects• 2016 – 3 Mirador-based apps launch: Harvard Library Viewer, Image
Media Management LTI-Canvas app, Art museums digital tour builder
Harvard IIIF collaboratorsHarvard Faculty• Prof. Jeffrey Hamburger (working grp, The Book)• Prof Afsaneh Najmabadi (working grp) • Prof. Peter Der Manuelian (working grp) • Prof. Suzanne Blier (working grp) • Prof. Dan Smail (The Book)• Prof. Ann Blair (The Book)• Prof. Leah Price (The Book)• Prof. Thomas Kelly (The Book)• Prof. Beverly Kienze (The Book)
Harvard Academic Technology Services• Jud Harward, Dir. Of Research Computing in the Arts and
Humanities• Jeff Emanuel, Assoc. Dir. of Academic Technology• Rashmi Singhal, Senior Software Engineer and co-Lead
developer of Mirador (with Drew Winget of Stanford)• Arthur Barrett, Sr. Software Engineer• Jazahn Clevenger, Instructional Software Developer• Brandon Bentley, Sr. Instructional Technologist• Alan Wolf, Managing Director
HarvardX• Samantha Earp, Executive Director• Robert Lue, Faculty Director
Harvard Library• Franziska Frey, Associate Librarian for Preservation,
Conservation and Digital Imaging• Willam Stoneman, Curator of Early Books & Manuscripts• Wendy Gogel, Manager of Digital Content and Projects• Kate Bowers, Collections Services Archivist • Barbara Meloni, Public Services Archivist• Kerry Masteller, Reference and Digital Program Librarian• Mary Clare Alternhofen, Librarian for the Fine Arts Library
Harvard Library IT• Tracey Robinson, Managing Director• Randy Stern, Dir. Of Systems Development• Chip Goines, Senior Developer, IIIF and Mirador• Dave Mayo, Developer, Mirador• Janet Taylor, Usability Librarian• Julie Wetherill, Systems Librarian
Continued…Harvard Art Museums• Jeff Steward, Director of Digital Infrastructure and
Emerging Technology• Tom Lentz, Director Emeritus
Harvard Academic Technology Group• Mike Hilborn, Assoc. Dir. of Academic Technology
Development• Annie Rota, Director of Academic Technology
Thank you!