The document outlines the University of Edinburgh's open content initiatives, which include over 27,000 images and a focus on accessibility through high-resolution downloads and various licensing options. It highlights the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) aimed at improving access to global image resources and enhancing user interactions with these images. Additionally, it discusses the university's mass digitization efforts, including over 18,000 PhD theses and the establishment of open access publishing initiatives.

1. OPEN CONTENT/
OPEN
COLLECTIONS
Claire Knowles
University of Edinburgh, Library and University Collections

2. University Collections http://collections.ed.ac.uk/

3. Digital Imaging Unit http://libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/diu/

4. Open Content ■ Over 27,000 images
■ Approximately 11,000
with CC-BY license
■ Open by default
■ High-Res downloads up to
12288px
■ However:
– Resourcing
– Legislation
– Data Protection
– Copyright
– Permissions

5. Item Context
http://collections.ed.ac.uk/iconics/record/51402

6. International Image Interoperability
Framework (IIIF) http://iiif.io
IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework) has the following goals:
■ To give scholars an unprecedented level of uniform and rich access to image-
based resources hosted around the world.
■ To define a set of common application programming interfaces that support
interoperability between image repositories.
■ To develop, cultivate and document shared technologies, such as image servers
and web clients, that provide a world-class user experience in viewing,
comparing, manipulating and annotating images.
From http://iiif.io/about/

7. Item/Image Comparisons
http://dms-data.stanford.edu/data/m2/index_chaucer.html#c99cc7ca-f547-4f1a-9881-a9f7b2ccb899 link from
http://web.stanford.edu/group/dmstech/cgi-bin/wordpress/tag/mirador/

8. Side by side zooming
http://dms-data.stanford.edu/data/m2/index_chaucer.html#c99cc7ca-f547-4f1a-9881-a9f7b2ccb899 link from
http://web.stanford.edu/group/dmstech/cgi-bin/wordpress/tag/mirador

9. Collection Reconstructions
http://projectmirador.org/demo/#3ea6f1cb-2061-424a-bb3c-edd72eb5f8eb from
http://www.slideshare.net/simeonwarner/2015-01-cornellvrwgiiif

10. Image manipulation in the URI
From http://iiif.io/api/image/2.1/#order-of-implementation

11. Open Annotation

12. PhDTheses
■ Since 2005
■ Over 18,000 items
■ Pre-Pure publication
https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk
https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk

13. Mass Digitisation
■ 15,000+ PhDTheses
■ 3Year Project
■ 1 year in to the project
■ Dedicated project
team
■ OCR'ed PDFs
■ Open Access but
licensing stillWIP
http://libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/
phddigitisation/

14. Open Access Publishing
■ Open Source
■ 16 Journals
■ CC-BY
■ Academic and Student Led
http://journals.ed.ac.uk/

15. Claire Knowles
Library Digital Development Manager
claire.knowles@ed.ac.uk
@cgknowles