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By Ben Bakelaar and Caterina Agostini   IIIF is an acronym that stands for International Image Interoperability Format. An easy way to think of IIIF is like a webpage. A webpage is built with HTML, via hypertext markup language. It pulls together text, images, and other multimedia into a single view. In the same way, a IIIF object is built using JSON, and links together metadata and powerful image capabilities which allow institutions to deliver ultra-high resolution images quickly and efficiently to a IIIF viewer. Any image (and even audio and video) can become a IIIF object by building a manifest that uses the IIIF standard to describe itsRead More →

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By Caterina Agostini and Ben Bakelaar   Digital images and tools are attracting the interest of scholars in the humanities. In particular, the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) allows for high quality images and supports a variety of uses and applications including deep zoom, comparison, annotation, and transcription of digital images. With the current pandemic limiting travel and access to libraries and museums, in the Spring 2021 we founded a new DH Special Interest Group at Rutgers focused on IIIF. In the first meeting, we shared our work and research interests and connected with members of the Rutgers community, from Rutgers University Libraries, the OfficeRead More →

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#dayofDH2021 is finally here, hosted by @LUCTSDH, @UCLA_DH, University of Guelph, and the Università del Piedmont Orientale. Date: April 29. Theme: Multilingual DH. Head over to https://t.co/78PFzqGDlL for details and stay tuned for more! https://t.co/LYTfwjNE2h — Day of DH (@DayofDH) April 4, 2021 Attention digital humanists of Princeton, Rutgers, Bryn Mawr, Haverford, Swarthmore, and the Mid-Atlantic. Join us for Day of Digital Humanities 2021 by tweeting about your multilingual DH. The aim of this year’s Day of DH is to “open up conversation about projects being undertaken in the various languages and put together a list of non-English tools, libraries, software products, tips, hacks, andRead More →

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Are you interested in learning how to use, work with, and even create IIIF manifests and images? Join a new DH group on February 3, 6:00-7:00 pm (online). No prior knowledge required. We will share links and demos for anyone interested in IIIF projects. Practice is a priority in the interests of this informal group, in a Rutgers digital-oriented community. Organized by Ben Bakelaar (bakelaar AT rutgers.edu) and Caterina Agostini (caterina.agostini AT rutgers.edu). Register in advance for this meeting: https://rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwoceusqD4uH9GVibU3b_OOz2QRS2phjVBU After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Image source: Marii Nyrop, “Static IIIF Annotations.”Read More →

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We are back for the next pandemic installment of digital humanities programming. This online-only schedule of events includes several new offerings based on feedback from our past workshops, for which we are grateful. We continue to use the LibCal reservation system together with the rest of the New Brunswick Libraries Graduate Specialist Program. Please go to dh.rutgers.edu/calendar or to libcal.rutgers.edu/calendar/nblworkshops to reserve your spot (the information is the same in both places). The digital humanities workshops will be taught by Wafa Isfahani and Caterina Agostini, Digital Humanities Graduate Specialists, and Francesca Giannetti, Digital Humanities Librarian. Watch this list for newer additions later in February. NoteRead More →