The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) 2017 Conference in The Vatican is intended for a wide range of participants and interested parties, including digital image repository managers, content curators, software developers, scholars, and administrators at libraries, museums, cultural heritage institutions, software firms, and other organizations working with digital images and audio/visual materials. The conference will consist of two events with separate registration:
IIIF Conference, 7-9 June (3 days of plenary and parallel sessions). The pre-conference Mirador Viewer and Universal Viewer group meetings will take place on Monday, June 5, prior to the Showcase event and conference.
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Overview of strategies used and lessons learned in our attempts to get local and international researchers to engage with IIIF via the Polonsky Foundation Digitization Project and the Digital Manuscripts Toolkit. Strategies under discussion will include social media, public workshops, scholar-led projects and research into user behavior, and challenges discussed will include demystifying jargon, inspiring confidence and calibrating to a wide range of technical skill levels.
