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Greetings,

 

On behalf of the Visual Resources Association Foundation (VRAF), we would like to share an upcoming opportunity to attend “The International Image Interoperability Framework: What is it and how can we use it?” This workshop will be held at The University of Texas at Austin, and hosted by The University of Texas Libraries. The workshop—which will include interactive exercises—will provide a clear sense of what IIIF is, how it works and how it can be applied to enhance image access and resource sharing.

 

The workshop will be taught by Ben Brumfield and Sara Carlstead Brumfield of Brumfield Labs. Ben and Sara have been working with IIIF for years, participating and presenting in IIIF groups on discovery and manuscripts, and leading workshops for museums and libraries. Their technical projects include building IIIF support into FromThePage, a manuscript transcription software and developing Pontiiif.

 

A detailed announcement is included below; we not only encourage you to attend but also to share the announcement with whomever you think might benefit from attending.

 

Please feel free to contact us directly ([log in to unmask] and [log in to unmask]) with any questions you may have, and all the best.

 

Sincerely,

 

Elizabeth Schaub and Sydney Kilgore

 

Elizabeth Schaub

Director, Visual Resources Collection

School of Architecture

The University of Texas at Austin

512.471.5003 | [log in to unmask]

 

Sydney Kilgore

Media Coordinator, Visual Resources Collection

University of Texas Libraries

The University of Texas at Austin

512.471.4337 | [log in to unmask]

 

The Visual Resources Association Foundation (VRAF) is pleased to announce its fourth workshop, the last in the series being offered during the 2017-2018 VRAF Regional Workshop Program.  Registration is now live for The International Image Interoperability Framework: What Is it and How Can I Use It? workshop, to be hosted by the University of Texas at Austin and held on May 11, 2018. This day-long workshop is open to cultural heritage professionals, the information, museum, and educational communities, and anyone interested in visual culture. The VRAF is grateful to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation for its continued support of this exciting opportunity to partner with cultural heritage and educational institutions.

Access to image-based resources is fundamental to research, scholarship and the transmission of cultural knowledge. Digital images are a container for much of the information content in the web-based delivery of images, books, newspapers, manuscripts, maps, scrolls, single sheet collections and archival materials. Yet much of the Internet’s image-based resources are locked up in silos, with access restricted to bespoke, locally built applications. The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) is a set of shared application programming interface (API) specifications for interoperable functionality in digital image repositories. The IIIF is comprised of and driven by a community of libraries, museums, archives, software companies and other organizations working together to create, test, refine, implement and promote the IIIF specifications. This workshop will provide a clear and thorough understanding of what IIIF is, how it works and how it can be applied to enhance image access and resource sharing.

 

“The International Image Interoperability Framework: What Is It and How Can I Use It?” workshop will be taught by Ben Brumfield and Sara Carlstead Brumfield of Brumfield Labs.  Ben and Sara have been working with IIIF for years, participating and presenting in IIIF groups on discovery and manuscripts, and leading workshops for museums and libraries. Their technical projects include building IIIF support into FromThePage, a manuscript transcription software and developing Pontiiif, an IIIF manifest search engine.

To learn more and register for the workshop visit https://vrafoundation.com/iiif_utaustin/.

The fee for this day-long workshop is $125.

For questions about The University of Texas at Austin venue, contact Sydney Kilgore ([log in to unmask]) or Elizabeth Schaub ([log in to unmask]).

For questions about registration or the workshop, contact Beth Haas, VRAF Director, [log in to unmask].

 

Please feel free to share this announcement with colleagues.