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!