The document discusses how the Colby College Museum of Art implemented the IIIF image API and presentation API to address issues with their legacy digital asset management system. The goals were to provide transparency for non-technical users, use existing collections data, and standardize image formats and metadata. Stage 1 involved setting up an IIIF image server and replacing their deep zoom tool. Stage 2 generated presentation manifests with rights information and object metadata. Future plans include using IIIF to power presentations and automate image handling based on rights.

1. IIIF AT THE COLBY
COLLEGE MUSEUM OF
ART
Charlie Butcosk, Digital Projects Developer, cbutcosk@colby.edu

2. (DON’T WE
ALREADY HAVE
IMAGES?)
IIIF AT THE CCMA

3. SMALL
MUSEUMS
CAN STILL
HAVE BIG
IMAGE
PROBLEMS…

4. OUR LEGACY
DEEP ZOOM
WAS WONKY

5. PHOTOSHOP
DOESN’T
ALWAYS
SOLVE
PROBLEMS

6. 15 YEARS OF
DIFFERENT
IMAGE
FORMATS,
FILENAMES,
COLOR
PROFILES

7. GEOGRAPHY
AND
WEATHER
MAKE IT EVEN
MORE
IMPORTANT

8. HOW DID IIIF
HELP?
IIIF AT THE CCMA

9. IIIF AT THE CCMA
PROJECT GOALS
▸ Transparency to non-technical
users (simple filename pattern)
▸ Using existing collections
management
▸ Hide format/color profile mess
behind IIIF APIs
▸ Use existing open source software
▸ Lay foundation for expansion

10. IIIF AT THE CCMA
STAGE 1 - IMAGE API
▸ IIIF image server providing TIFF
masters when available, JPEGs
when not
▸ Replace Zoomify with
OpenSeaDragon
▸ No more flash, deep zoom with just
a filename schema! 😍

11. CROPPING,
SCALING,
ROTATION
IN A
SINGLE
URL
https://iiif.museum.colby.edu/i
mage/010.2016_001/full/1024
,/0/default.jpg

12. CROP
DETAILS
https://iiif.museum.colby.edu/image/0
10.2016_001/403,613,2170,3250/10
24,/0/default.jpg

13. CROP
DETAILS
https://iiif.museum.colby.edu/image/0
10.2016_001/0,5350,3660,480/1024,
/0/default.jpg

14. OPEN SOURCE DEEP ZOOM

15. BUT ANYWAY,
ARTWORKS
ARE NOT
JPEGS…

16. SOME ARE
RIGHTS
ENCUMBERED

17. SOME ARE
NOT FLAT

18. SOME NEED
EXEGESIS

19. SOME ARE IN
EXHIBITIONS

20. IIIF AT THE CCMA
STAGE 2 - PRESENTATION API
▸ Nightly scripted presentation
manifest generation to convey rights
info, art object metadata
▸ Mirador as beta annotation platform

21. IIIF AT THE CCMA
FUTURES
▸ IIIF Manifest to PowerPoint
▸ Automatic image degradation of
rights-protected works for off-
campus users
▸ Rights and Reproductions portal
▸ Automated image citation tools for
WordPress, social media