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IIIF Consortium @iiif.bsky.social · 4d

The Call for Proposals for the 2026 #IIIF Online Meeting is OPEN.

The meeting will be held Jan. 27-29, 2026 and is free and open to all. Learn more at: iiif.io/event/2026/o...

IIIF Online Meeting: Working & Learning, January 27-29, 2026
Link: https://iiif.io/event/2026/online-meeting/

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IIIF Consortium @iiif.bsky.social · 4d

This is wonderful! Please send Gauri our way. We'd love to see her work, maybe at our Online Meeting in January?

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 5d

@rarebookschool.bsky.social doesn't generally accept high school students but they made an exception for Gauri in my Fragmentology class last summer. I am so proud of her! LOOK WHAT SHE DID! #IIIF #MedievalSky timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices...

Bridging archives: The role of IIIF in global manuscript preservation

India’s manuscript tradition is among the richest in the world, spanning centuries, languages, and disciplines. Yet, much of this vast repository remains fragmented, fragile, and inaccessible. The tec...

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IIIF Consortium @iiif.bsky.social · 5d

Our Bot Management Community call is happening TODAY at 12pm ET.

Join us via the Zoom link in our Community Calendar: iiif.io/community

IIIF Consortium @iiif.bsky.social · 13d

Join us on October 8 for a conversation about managing bots, including:

🔸 How institutions are managing overwhelming bot traffic;
🔸 the downstream ramifications of those safeguards;
🔸 and possible solutions for keeping IIIF resources available for reuse

Zoom info: iiif.io/community

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 7d

Just noticed that my @sims-mss.bsky.social 2024 Plenary is online, in which I explore the #MedievalManuscript #OpenAccess ecosystem, including @iiif.bsky.social, @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social, Digital Mappa, and the Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDwQ...

17th Annual Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age: Nov. 21, 2024, Keynote

YouTube video by SchoenbergInstitute

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IIIF Consortium @iiif.bsky.social · 13d

Join us on October 8 for a conversation about managing bots, including:

🔸 How institutions are managing overwhelming bot traffic;
🔸 the downstream ramifications of those safeguards;
🔸 and possible solutions for keeping IIIF resources available for reuse

Zoom info: iiif.io/community

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mia @miaout.bsky.social · 14d

The next #IIIF Community Call is on 'AI Bot Management', Weds October 8 at 12pm ET / 16:00 UTC. Call links etc at iiif.io/community

What are you doing about bots swarming your GLAM website or IIIF collections? Pros and cons of different approaches? What does this mean for open content? #MuseTech

IIIF Community

IIIF is a set of open standards for delivering high-quality, attributed digital objects online at scale. It’s also an international community developing and implementing the IIIF APIs. IIIF is backed…

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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 14d

A semi-regular reminder that all our photos on Flickr Commons are public domain - you don't need to ask us to use them in any way you can imagine! Though we do love hearing about how you've used them, so you can let us know if you want
https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/

British Library

Explore British Library’s 1,073,564 photos on Flickr!

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Rainer Simon @aboutgeo.bsky.social · 18d

The Recogito PDF Annotator now applies better post-processing to the annotation highlights.

The differences are subtle. But I like how those gaps, uneven line height and messy overlapping box artefacts are now smoothed into clean, continuous lines.

Before vs. after:

An example annotated PDF, before the improvements to our annotator renderer. Annotation highlights are messed up with gaps, uneven lines and overlapping box artefacts.

An example annotated PDF, after the improvements to our annotator renderer. Annotation highlights are now clear, continuous lines.

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Frederik Elwert @felwert.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 21d

A question for #DigitalArtHistory: If you were to create a small online image database (with IIIF support) right now, which software would you choose? Fylr (ex easydb), Coneda KOR, something completely different?

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Martin R. Kalfatovic @udcmrk.bsky.social · 24d

It was a pleasure to speak at the “What is @iiif.bsky.social ? The Images in Dialogue -project” (bit.ly/48pA6zr) program at the @kansalliskirjasto.fi (18 September) / It was great to meet with staff and to get a special tour of the amazing library spaces

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Hilde De Weerdt @hildedw.bsky.social · 28d

If you are interested in the history of book, check out this phenomenal exhibit curated by the wonderful Martin Heijdra at Princeton. It is a model exhibit in so many ways, covering different parts of the world, so many languages, and, images are in IIIF
dpul.princeton.edu/global-book-...

Forms & Function

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IIIF Consortium @iiif.bsky.social · Sep 12

The September #IIIF Newsletter is out! Open for:

🔊 CfP for the 2026 Online Meeting
🛠️ New tools
🎨 Van Gogh Worldwide

Read it in full: mailchi.mp/iiif/sept-2025
Sign-up for future newsletters: iiif.io/newsletter/

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IIIF Consortium @iiif.bsky.social · Sep 10

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IIIF Consortium @iiif.bsky.social · Aug 19

On Sept. 10 Juliette Hueber (CNRS InVisu) & Margaux Faure (InVisu / INHA) will present PerVisum at the #IIIF Community Call.

The PerVisum project investigates new editorial formats that place images at the heart of scientific reasoning and demonstration via IIIF.

Zoom info at: iiif.io/community

IIIF Community Call: PerVisum
Wednesday, September 10
9am PT / 12pm ET / 16:00 UTC

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IIIF Consortium @iiif.bsky.social · Sep 10

Our September #IIIF Community Call is happening TODAY.

Join us at 12:00pm ET / 16:00 UTC to learn about the PerVisum project.

Zoom info: iiif.io/community

IIIF Consortium @iiif.bsky.social · Aug 19

On Sept. 10 Juliette Hueber (CNRS InVisu) & Margaux Faure (InVisu / INHA) will present PerVisum at the #IIIF Community Call.

The PerVisum project investigates new editorial formats that place images at the heart of scientific reasoning and demonstration via IIIF.

Zoom info at: iiif.io/community

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Kansalliskirjasto @kansalliskirjasto.fi · Sep 9

Ensi viikolla 18.9. on mahdollisuus kuulla, mistä IIIF:ssä on kyse, kun Martin Kalfatovic saapuu Keskustelevat kuvat -hankkeen vieraaksi. ✨

👉 Tutustu ohjelmaan ja ilmoittaudu paikan päälle tai etäyhteydellä: www.kiwi.fi/x/oQA-Hg

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Digitaalinen kulttuuriperintömme – Digime @digimefi.bsky.social · Aug 29

Mikä IIIF? Keskustelevat kuvat -hankkeen vieraana Martin Kalfatovic 18.9. Tule kuulemaan, miten kulttuuriperintöorganisaatiot hyödyntävät IIIF-kokoelmia ja -sovelluksia päivittäisessä työssään. www.digime.fi/2025/08/29/m...

Mikä IIIF? Keskustelevat kuvat -hankkeen vieraana Martin Kalfatovic - Digime

International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) mahdollistaa kulttuuriperintöorganisaatioiden digitaalisten kokoelmien helpon jakamisen ja käytön. Kansalliskirjasto ottaa käyttöön IIIF-standardi...

www.digime.fi

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IIIF Consortium @iiif.bsky.social · Aug 19

On Sept. 10 Juliette Hueber (CNRS InVisu) & Margaux Faure (InVisu / INHA) will present PerVisum at the #IIIF Community Call.

The PerVisum project investigates new editorial formats that place images at the heart of scientific reasoning and demonstration via IIIF.

Zoom info at: iiif.io/community

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IIIF Consortium @iiif.bsky.social · Sep 3

🔊The Call for Proposals for the 2026 #IIIF Online Meeting is NOW OPEN

To read the full call for proposals, including information about themes, proposal instructions, and other important details, please visit: iiif.io/event/2026/o...

IIIF Online Meeting: Working and Learning

January 27-29, 2026

iiif.io/event/2026/online-meeting

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IIIF Consortium @iiif.bsky.social · Aug 27

📆 Save the Date 📆

The #IIIF Online Meeting will be held Jan. 27-29, 2026 and is free and open to all. Learn more at: iiif.io/event/2026/o...

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IIIF Consortium @iiif.bsky.social · Aug 19

On Sept. 10 Juliette Hueber (CNRS InVisu) & Margaux Faure (InVisu / INHA) will present PerVisum at the #IIIF Community Call.

The PerVisum project investigates new editorial formats that place images at the heart of scientific reasoning and demonstration via IIIF.

Zoom info at: iiif.io/community

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Archives & Special Collections @ Ohio University @aldenlibdigital.bsky.social · Aug 15

#Ironweed is blooming all around us now, and in recently digitized #Herbarium portfolio 1936-37. This specimen collected in #VandaliaOhio. bit.ly/ironweed-her...
Live, it's tall w/ purple #flowers, attracts pollinators, native to Ohio.
#FloralFriday #Wildflowers #Herbaria #PlantFriday #RareBooks

Dried and pressed faded Ironweed plant specimen adhered to paper page. Typed label text: Ironweed-Tall / Veronia-Altissima / Vand. Oct. 36.

Front cover of the Herbarium portfolio. Dark brown tied with thick brown ribbon. Center medallion with title in stylized letters: HERBA RIUM.

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IIIF Consortium @iiif.bsky.social · Aug 13

The August #IIIF Newsletter is out! Open for:

👥 Interactive 2D Community Group
🪙 Roman Coins
💻 Training Opportunities

Read it in full: mailchi.mp/iiif/aug-25
Sign up for future issues: iiif.io/newsletter/

IIIF Community Newsletter: August 2025

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Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · Aug 10

I've just updated my #IIIF Download tool to support v3 manifests--I know a fair few folks use this, so I thought I should let everyone know! 🪩 🕺 lizmfischer.com/iiif-tools/d...

IIIF Download | Liz Fischer

Input a IIIF manifest link to and the desired image size to download a ZIP or PDF of all that manifest's images.

lizmfischer.com

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Europeana @europeana.bsky.social · Aug 11

📢 #EuropeanaAcademy is open for business! Join our free, online course on how to prepare image collections in the #IIIF standard for Europeana. Enhance online viewing quality, enable zoom functions & share your collections widely.
📅 3 Sep 2025, 10.00 - 12.00 CEST
🔗 bit.ly/3URZLZy
#CulturalHeritage

Preparing image collections in the IIIF standard for Europeana | Europeana PRO

This training course - run as part of Europeana Academy - will run in September 2025 and focuses on preparing image collections in the IIIF standard for…

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IIIF Consortium @iiif.bsky.social · Aug 4

Join us and the Glycerine team for a showcase of #IIIF annotations integrated with IIIF infrastructure using the Glycerine framework on August 12 & 13.

If you're interested in learning more, free registration is available on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/o/iiif-conso...

IIIF Consortium

The IIIF Consortium (IIIF-C) was formed inJune 2015in Oxford, England, to provide steering and sustainability for the IIIF community. The IIIF-C now comprises more than 40 Founding Members across the ...

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