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Annika Rockenberger (she/they)<p>Norwegians, I need your help: A few years ago, on Twitter, I came upon a Norwegian freelance web developer who created a digital exhibition based on <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/IIIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IIIF</span></a> for either the <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/NationalMuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalMuseum</span></a> or <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/DigitalMuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMuseum</span></a>. I forgot the name and my internet search foo is bad today.<br>Any suggestions? I know this is little to go on... <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/NorskTut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorskTut</span></a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/allheimen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>allheimen</span></a></p>
IIIF Consortium<p>The August <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/IIIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IIIF</span></a> Newsletter is out! Open for: </p><p>👥 Interactive 2D Community Group<br>🪙 Roman Coins <br>💻 Training Opportunities</p><p>Read it in full: <a href="https://mailchi.mp/iiif/aug-25" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mailchi.mp/iiif/aug-25</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Sign up for future issues: <a href="https://iiif.io/newsletter/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">iiif.io/newsletter/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Anna Dorofeeva<p>One of my brilliant former summer school students made an app for downloading <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/manuscripts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manuscripts</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/IIIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IIIF</span></a> manifests and it now works for BL manuscripts as well. It will be made publicly available soon but in the meantime DM me for a link if interested! <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/palaeography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palaeography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medieval</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/medievodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>medievodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
Rainer Simon<p>Reminder: Annotorious has a small suite of Photoshop-like selection tools – all running entirely in the browser!</p><p>• Trace objects with the Intelligent Scissors<br>• Snap to lines and corners with the Magnetic Cursor<br>• Select shapes with the WebGPU-powered SegmentAnything plugin</p><p>I just wrote proper docs! Usage guides, examples, full API:<br><a href="https://github.com/annotorious/plugin-magnetic-outline" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/annotorious/plugin-</span><span class="invisible">magnetic-outline</span></a> <br><a href="https://github.com/annotorious/plugin-segment-anything" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/annotorious/plugin-</span><span class="invisible">segment-anything</span></a></p><p><a href="https://vis.social/tags/ImageAnnotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImageAnnotation</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/OpenSeadragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSeadragon</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/IIIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IIIF</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a></p>
IIIF Consortium<p>The Glycerine Framework has been extended: Glycerine server provides the back-end data model and APIs for integration into existing DAMS and CMS platforms, Glycerine editor allows for annotations, and the Glycerine viewer is embeddable into an existing CMS. </p><p>If you're interested in learning more, the <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/IIIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IIIF</span></a> Consortium and the Glycerine team are hosting (45 min.) showcases &amp; demos in different time zones on August 12 and 13. Free registration on Eventbrite: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/o/iiif-consortium-19836883937" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eventbrite.com/o/iiif-consorti</span><span class="invisible">um-19836883937</span></a></p>
Rainer Simon<p>Feature alert: ✂️ <a href="https://vis.social/tags/liiive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liiive</span></a> just got a new tool: Photoshop-style Smart Scissors! Automatically trace shape outlines and annotate complex objects in seconds.</p><p>Try it now at <a href="https://liiive.now" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">liiive.now</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://vis.social/tags/IIIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IIIF</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/ImageAnnotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImageAnnotation</span></a></p>
Jez 🍞🌹<p>There are several SSI Fellows with <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/GLAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GLAM</span></a> and <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/DigitalHumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalHumanities</span></a> backgrounds: it would be amazing if there could be more of us! If this is you and you have an idea for a Fellowship project, please feel free to DM me with questions, I'd be happy to help.</p><p>It might be that you write research software yourself, or it might be that you support others who do, or provide training, or do related things like research data management. Like DH, it's a Big Tent! 🎪😜</p><p><a href="https://digipres.club/tags/DH2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DH2025</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/IIIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IIIF</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/IIIF2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IIIF2025</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Wikidata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wikidata</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/DARIAH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DARIAH</span></a></p>
Chrono Matthias<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://openbiblio.social/@stabihh" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>stabihh</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://openbiblio.social/@wonkestehle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wonkestehle</span></a></span> Moin, wie kann es sein, dass …/max/… im <a href="https://norden.social/tags/IIIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IIIF</span></a> ImageLink funktioniert, …/5000,/… hingegen nicht? </p><p>geht) <a href="https://pic.sub.uni-hamburg.de/iiif/2/PPN1014561493%2F00000001.tif/pct:5,7,93,80/max/0/default.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pic.sub.uni-hamburg.de/iiif/2/</span><span class="invisible">PPN1014561493%2F00000001.tif/pct:5,7,93,80/max/0/default.jpg</span></a><br>geht nicht) <a href="https://pic.sub.uni-hamburg.de/iiif/2/PPN1014561493%2F00000001.tif/pct:5,7,93,80/5000,/0/default.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pic.sub.uni-hamburg.de/iiif/2/</span><span class="invisible">PPN1014561493%2F00000001.tif/pct:5,7,93,80/5000,/0/default.jpg</span></a><br>permalink) <a href="https://resolver.sub.uni-hamburg.de/kitodo/PPN1014561493" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">resolver.sub.uni-hamburg.de/ki</span><span class="invisible">todo/PPN1014561493</span></a></p><p><a href="https://norden.social/tags/ChronoBugFixed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChronoBugFixed</span></a></p>
Peter Binkley<p>I've seen a <a href="https://code4lib.social/tags/IIIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IIIF</span></a> example that takes a scroll that has been scanned in sections (like this <a href="https://iiif.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/iiif/manifest/f7906de8-1c83-44f8-8e01-a6501f90fcf1.json" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">iiif.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/iiif/ma</span><span class="invisible">nifest/f7906de8-1c83-44f8-8e01-a6501f90fcf1.json</span></a> ), rotates the "page" images, and lets you pan left and right along the length of the scroll, as if you had it unrolled and pinned to the wall. But I can't find it now. Can anyone point me to an example like this?</p>
Chrono Matthias<p>83 Karten und Pläne der Heinrich Heine Uni Düsseldorf <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://nrw.social/@HHU" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>HHU</span></a></span> sind wieder im Chronoscope auffindbar, nachdem die Uni ihr <a href="https://norden.social/tags/IIIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IIIF</span></a> Backend neu aufgestellt hat.</p><p><a href="https://mprove.de/chrono?ll=44.92289,10.29104&amp;q=33.97864,30.28504&amp;z=3.71&amp;t=34&amp;o=0.8&amp;s=1&amp;c=lDU,k,r" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mprove.de/chrono?ll=44.92289,1</span><span class="invisible">0.29104&amp;q=33.97864,30.28504&amp;z=3.71&amp;t=34&amp;o=0.8&amp;s=1&amp;c=lDU,k,r</span></a></p><p><a href="https://norden.social/tags/ChronoOutageEnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChronoOutageEnd</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/oldmaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldmaps</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/timetravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>timetravel</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/openglam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openglam</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/crossglam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crossglam</span></a></p>
Chrono Matthias<p>Stanford Library has survived a bot attack. Their <a href="https://norden.social/tags/IIIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IIIF</span></a> maps in Chronoscope World are back as well :: <a href="https://mprove.de/chrono3d?ll=-2.04589,-76.95331&amp;z=2.08&amp;m=SUhh249gr1146&amp;s=1&amp;c=lSU,k,r" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mprove.de/chrono3d?ll=-2.04589</span><span class="invisible">,-76.95331&amp;z=2.08&amp;m=SUhh249gr1146&amp;s=1&amp;c=lSU,k,r</span></a></p><p><a href="https://norden.social/tags/ChronoOutageEnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChronoOutageEnd</span></a></p>
Rainer Simon<p><a href="https://vis.social/tags/liiive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liiive</span></a> is a platform for real-time collaborative annotation on <a href="https://vis.social/tags/IIIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IIIF</span></a> images. But sometimes you might want to share your work once it’s done, without allowing further edits or replies. Now you can!</p><p>The liiive dashboard now lets you switch rooms into read-only mode: Visitors can view the image and read annotations, but only the room owner can make further changes.</p><p>Available now: <a href="https://liiive.now" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">liiive.now</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Rainer Simon<p>I’m not at <a href="https://vis.social/tags/DH2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DH2025</span></a> this year 😞 but following along from afar! If you’re there, check out work from some of my friends &amp; collaborators:</p><p>• Jamie Folsom is presenting "Extending Recogito Studio with Plugins" at the DHTech symposium this afternoon. (Cf. <a href="http://dh.tech/recogito-studio" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">dh.tech/recogito-studio</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>)</p><p>• Kathryn Wilson has a poster on "Digital Camerarius". Not that I contributed much... but I think my logo design made it onto the poster. 😉</p><p>Wishing everyone a great conference!</p><p><a href="https://vis.social/tags/DigitalHumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalHumanities</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/IIIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IIIF</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/Annotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Annotation</span></a></p>
Albin Larsson<p>I assume someone out there has an user-script which allows one to view referenced <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IIIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IIIF</span></a> manifests directly on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wikidata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wikidata</span></a>?</p>
Open Science ULB SA<p>Wir sind in den letzten Schritten der Vorbereitung für die Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften ( <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/LNDW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LNDW</span></a> ) in <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Halle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Halle</span></a> ! Ab 17:00 könnt ihr alles über unseren Digitalisierungsworkflow für Bücher erfahren und herausfinden, was diese Digitalisierung unter anderem mit <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/AnimalCrossing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnimalCrossing</span></a> zu tun haben kann.</p><p>Link zur Veranstaltung: <a href="https://lndwhalle.de/programm/794" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lndwhalle.de/programm/794</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/IIIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IIIF</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/LNDW25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LNDW25</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Digitalisierung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Digitalisierung</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/HalleSaale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HalleSaale</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/OpenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenScience</span></a></p>
Rainer Simon<p>If you haven’t checked in on <a href="https://vis.social/tags/IMMARKUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IMMARKUS</span></a> lately (understandable—there’s been a lot going on!)—we’ve added even more transcription service options.</p><p>You can now run OCR or full-text transcription with a single click using:</p><p>• Anthropic Claude<br>• Azure Computer Vision<br>• Google Gemini<br>• Google Vision OCR<br>• LLaMA &amp; Qwen via kluster.ai<br>• OCR.space<br>• OpenAI GPT<br>• Volcano Engine Doubao 1.5 Vision Pro</p><p>Try it out here: <a href="https://immarkus.xmarkus.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">immarkus.xmarkus.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://vis.social/tags/OCR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OCR</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/DigitalHumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalHumanities</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/ImageAnnotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImageAnnotation</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/IIIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IIIF</span></a></p>
Albin Larsson<p>Allmaps Here lets you find historic maps around your current location.</p><p><a href="https://here.allmaps.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">here.allmaps.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iiif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iiif</span></a></p>
Rainer Simon<p>In our quest to make <a href="https://vis.social/tags/OCR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OCR</span></a> as easy to use as possible, we've added two new services to <a href="https://vis.social/tags/IMMARKUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IMMARKUS</span></a>: Google Gemini and OpenAI GPT. (You’ll need to bring your own API keys to use them.)</p><p>Both return full-text transcriptions–no bounding boxes–so you’ll need to select a region before running them. Works with local images and any <a href="https://vis.social/tags/IIIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IIIF</span></a> source!</p>
IIIF Consortium<p>If you couldn't be with us in Leeds for the 2025 <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/IIIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IIIF</span></a> Annual Conference, recordings of the proceedings are now available on the IIIF YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYPP1-8uH9c4tPJPPK7BL3WvHAqEpY-uj" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYP</span><span class="invisible">P1-8uH9c4tPJPPK7BL3WvHAqEpY-uj</span></a></p>
Pierre Chambert-Protat<p>Not sure who needs to hear this but if the digitised manuscript you are browsing has a IIIF manifest, then you can download the entire digitisation, that is, every single picture in the highest available definition. It is sometimes a bit tricky, but you can.</p><p><a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/iiif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iiif</span></a></p>