The document summarizes a presentation about IIIF-To-Go, a proposed product that would make it easy for libraries and cultural heritage institutions to implement the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF). It notes that current IIIF adopters have IT staff but lack time and resources, while non-adopters have even fewer resources. IIIF-To-Go aims to provide all the necessary components and tools for research, teaching, preservation and sharing of digital resources using IIIF in one package. The product would benefit different user types including those consuming, contributing or serving IIIF content. Concerns about ongoing support, technical variability and ability were raised, but the overall goal is to extend the IIIF community by addressing

1. IIIF-To-Go
Presented by: Rachel Di Cresce, University of Toronto
IIIF Conference, June 8, 2017

2. Background

3. Need - Can we make it easy?
IIIF Adopters
● Mix of university and national libraries
● On average 2.5 IT personnel on staff
● Difficulty: Medium
● Barriers: Time, Money
● Ideas for improvement :
○ Chef cookbooks
○ More documentations
○ Working examples
○ Demos
○ Automated manifest creation
○ Consultants
IIIF Non-adopters
● Mix of public, university, archives
● On average 0.5-1 IT personnel on staff
(split duties)
● Barriers: Time, Personnel, Money
● Presentation: Omeka, Drupal, Wordpress,
Internet Archive
● Storage: Islandora, MongoDB, Fedora,
MySQL DB
● Content: distributed across multiple
platforms, various metadata schemas

4. Solution
IIIF-To-Go
Product which contains all the components of a IIIF environment as well as
supplemental tools and information to facilitate research, teaching, preservation
and sharing of resources.

5. IIIF-To-Go: Features
AND MORE!

6. If you are:
● Sharing research
● Teaching
You will be:
● Consuming IIIF content
● Sharing your work
Using IIIF to go for research and teaching

7. If you are:
● Preserving your
content and research
You will be:
● Contributing
IIIF content
Using IIIF to preserve your content

8. If you are:
● Serving persistent
digital content
You will be:
● Serving
IIIF content
Using IIIF to provide content for others

9. Thoughts
Goals
● Extend IIIF community
● Address current needs
● Insight into novice approaches to
IIIF to aid in outreach efforts
● Exploratory
Concerns
● Updates and support
● Variability of stacks
● Non-prescriptive nature of IIIF
● User’s technical ability

10. Thank you
rachel.dicresce@utoronto.ca
https://digitaltoolsmss.library.utoronto.ca/