IIIF–the International Image Interoperability Framework–is a rapidly growing standard for presenting digitized media in a reusable format.  After early implementation efforts by R1 universities and national libraries, the last two years have seen more widespread adoption by platforms like the Portal to Texas History and the Internet Archive and implementations in widely-available systems like CONTENTdm, CollectionSpace and eMuseum.  Nevertheless, use of IIIF by researchers in the humanities has been spotty, with few disciplines outside of medieval studies exploring the standard.

I’ve been teaching IIIF workshops, implementing the standard in software, and participating in the IIIF community for three years, and I’d be happy to teach an Introduction to IIIF to any interested campers.

Seven years ago, at the first THATCamp AHA, we had a rollicking session on crowdsourcing led by two experts in the field.  This year we’re fortunate to be joined once again by Jen Wolfe, who spearheaded the DIYHistory project at University of Iowa Libraries and is now with the Newberry Library’s Transcribing Modern Manuscripts crowdsourcing platform.  We again have a representative from the Zooniverse crowdsourcing platform in Samantha Blickman, the  Digital Humanities Lead and PI on a new NEH-ODH Digital Advancement Grant.

I propose a discussion session on crowdsourcing, in which we can ask Jen and Samantha about their experiences and bring our own ideas for discussion.