Digital Images for Your Research: An Introduction to IIIF Tools
When: Thursday 09 July, 14.00-16.00
Where: Laidlaw Library: Teaching Room 2
Open to: IMC Delegates
Price: Free
How to Book: No Booking Required, Free of Charge
Join us for a hands-on session introducing accessible and free online tools for working with digital images in research. Central to the workshop is IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework), a widely adopted major digital innovation that removes barriers between collections worldwide. IIIF allows users to easily view, gather, compare, and annotate high-quality images from different institutions. It also enables easy sharing through simple URLs and reduces unnecessary downloading or duplicating, lowering the ecological footprint of digital humanities. The session will demonstrate methods suitable for both close examination of individual images and large-scale analysis across extensive digital collections.
The session will take place in two parts. The first will introduce key IIIF concepts, using step-by-step guidance and practical examples to demonstrate how free IIIF-based tools can support and enhance research. The second will focus on the use of a particular open-source IIIF compatible tool, Immarkus, utilising a case study which will be shared by researchers at University of Leeds who are developing a proof of concept in use of the tool for annotating, comparing and analysing digitised coins in their sociocultural context. Coins involved in the research are part of both the University of Leeds Libraries’ and Yale University's Coin Collections. There will be an opportunity for hands-on interaction with Immarkus and the coins project work.
Evelien Hauwaerts is the curator of manuscripts at the Public Library of Bruges and an International Ambassador for the global IIIF Consortium, with a special focus on promoting IIIF literacy among end users. Cassie Ulph is the Digital Development Manager at the Digital Creativity and Cultures Hub, University of Leeds, where she supports the development of digital humanities research with a particular focus on cultural collections and archives. Rachel Hartshorne is the Senior Learning Technologist for Arts, Humanities and Cultures and University of Leeds and has over 15 years of experience working in e-learning and instructional design. Karen Abel is Library Digital Transformation Lead for University of Leeds Libraries and is currently leading the Digital Library Infrastructure Project, bringing improved online and digital access to the Libraries' Cultural Collections, including the provision of IIIF enabled digital assets.
Colleagues joining the session from University of Leeds to share their research case study are: Henry Clarke, Lecturer in Roman History and Culture, with research interests in identity, resistance, cultural change and human-landscape relationships in the Roman world, currently exploring various digital interventions with the coins held by Cultural Collections at the University of Leeds; Giacomo Savani, Lecturer in Roman Cultural History, whose research explores Roman material culture, ancient senses, and the social and cultural dynamics of bathing practices in the Roman world; Penelope Goodman, Associate Professor in Classics, whose main research strands include the relationship between the spatial organisation of Roman settlements and the reception of the emperor Augustus from his death up to the present day.
This workshop will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Delegates wishing to participate in this workshop should bring a laptop. Please arrive promptly to secure a place as there is limited capacity.
