Emerging modular, interoperable tools that support data portability and repository interoperability are providing new ways for librarians to support researchers across institutions and disciplines. The University of Toronto Libraries and Centre for Medieval Studies are using these developments in “Digital Tools for Manuscript Study”, a project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
This work integrates the popular Omeka platform with image and annotation tools using the emerging IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework) standard, which de-silos image stores, facilitating cross-institutional research and scholarly communication. The project also uses the Open/ Web Annotation specification to support data portability for scholarly transcription, translation, and annotation.
We will present this project’s joint work between a library technology unit and a scholarly unit, which combines standards-based modular tool development with a UX-driven decision process driven by scholarly knowledge creation activities.
Outcomes:
– Understand IIIF and how it can be used to facilitate resource sharing in Ontario, Canada, and beyond
– Understand UX-driven design as an approach to support both specific and broader use cases
– Modular strategies for developing durable digital scholarship tools
