On Friday, 13 September 2024, the Utrecht University Library will host an internal workshop on using the International Image Interoperability Framework (‘triple-eye-ef’, IIIF) from 10:00 to 13:00 hrs. This train-the-trainer workshop will be taught by Evelien Hauwaerts from the Flemish Peer Group IIIF. The workshop is in-person and will take place in the Boothzaal at the University Library, Utrecht Science Park. The workshop is hands-on, so bring your laptop.

IIIF is an upcoming standard format for sharing images from digital collections. But what can users actually do with IIIF and what support and advice do they need?  This workshop will focus on end-user experience and how to optimize your use of IIIF, to use digital images more effectively. For example, you will learn how small adjustments to a website can greatly stimulate the use of digital images.

Utrecht University Library already offers all their digitized material with a so-called IIIF manifesto, a link that can be seen as a standardized ‘packaging’ of the metadata that enables exchange with other collections, among other things. A survey that they conducted this spring on the use of their digital collections shows that not all users are aware of the possibilities of IIIF.

About the speaker

This tailor-made workshop will be taught by Evelien Hauwaerts, curator at the Brugge Public Library and coordinator at Mmmonk, the initiative that digitally unlocks over 800 manuscripts from Flemish monastery collections using IIIF. She is also a member of the Outreach community of the international IIIF Consortium. In her work, she always tries to build a bridge between end users and developers.

Evelien: “IIIF is already being implemented very well by data management institutions and viewers, so that target group is on board with the story, but the target group of individual end users is not yet being reached well. By that we mean researchers, teachers, collection managers, students, communication staff, heritage enthusiasts… everyone who works with digital images. IIIF can make their daily work easier and can help to avoid unnecessary duplication of images and – also important – thus reduce the ecological footprint of digital humanities.”

Target audience & registration

This train-the-trainer workshop is intended for Utrecht University Library employees and teachers working with digital images. No prior IT knowledge is necessary. If you are interested in participating, please send an e-mail to Andrea van Leerdam (a.e.vanleerdam@uu.nl).