Journée régionale #IIIF, la solution ouverte pour diffuser et valoriser les images patrimoniales et scientifiques
Jeudi 16 octobre 2025
Poitiers, Espace Mendès France
#liiive is a platform for real-time collaborative annotation on #IIIF images. But sometimes you might want to share your work once it’s done, without allowing further edits or replies. Now you can!
The liiive dashboard now lets you switch rooms into read-only mode: Visitors can view the image and read annotations, but only the room owner can make further changes.
Available now: https://liiive.now
I’m not at #DH2025 this year 
but following along from afar! If you’re there, check out work from some of my friends & collaborators:
• Jamie Folsom is presenting "Extending Recogito Studio with Plugins" at the DHTech symposium this afternoon. (Cf. http://dh.tech/recogito-studio)
• Kathryn Wilson has a poster on "Digital Camerarius". Not that I contributed much... but I think my logo design made it onto the poster. 
Wishing everyone a great conference!
New post on the #liiive blog: Introducing the Path drawing tool. https://liiive.now/blog/2025-07-path-drawing-tool/ #IIIF #ImageAnnotation
The latest #IIIF Newsletter is out! Open for:
Recordings from the 2025 Conference
Manifests from The Courtauld
The location of the 2026 IIIF Conference
Read it in full: https://mailchi.mp/iiif/jul25
Sign-up for future newsletters: https://iiif.io/newsletter/
Wir sind in den letzten Schritten der Vorbereitung für die Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften ( #LNDW ) in #Halle ! Ab 17:00 könnt ihr alles über unseren Digitalisierungsworkflow für Bücher erfahren und herausfinden, was diese Digitalisierung unter anderem mit #AnimalCrossing zu tun haben kann.
Link zur Veranstaltung: https://lndwhalle.de/programm/794
If you haven’t checked in on #IMMARKUS lately (understandable—there’s been a lot going on!)—we’ve added even more transcription service options.
You can now run OCR or full-text transcription with a single click using:
• Anthropic Claude
• Azure Computer Vision
• Google Gemini
• Google Vision OCR
• LLaMA & Qwen via kluster.ai
• OCR.space
• OpenAI GPT
• Volcano Engine Doubao 1.5 Vision Pro
Try it out here: https://immarkus.xmarkus.org
Allmaps Here lets you find historic maps around your current location.
My goal is a user interface which lets you explore these and offers you a button to properly georeference the maps with Allmaps over #IIIF.
I consider taking up the #ExLibris #Friday series again; but probably not on Fridays, since that is one of my screen-free days.
I aim for writing something short or sharing some exlibris-related news every other week.
I have published a super basic website on https://norsk-exlibris.no/ where I will add content in diary-style. Do not expect fancy design or such: this will be as simple as possible.
I'm planning on setting up my own #IIIF server for the digitised images from my collection. Stay tuned!
In our quest to make #OCR as easy to use as possible, we've added two new services to #IMMARKUS: Google Gemini and OpenAI GPT. (You’ll need to bring your own API keys to use them.)
Both return full-text transcriptions–no bounding boxes–so you’ll need to select a region before running them. Works with local images and any #IIIF source!
We’re adding more OCR and image annotation services to #IMMARKUS!
Now available: Google Vision API — which actually works really well with historical materials, too. 
(Note: you’ll need to bring your own API key.)
If you couldn't be with us in Leeds for the 2025 #IIIF Annual Conference, recordings of the proceedings are now available on the IIIF YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYPP1-8uH9c4tPJPPK7BL3WvHAqEpY-uj
Not sure who needs to hear this but if the digitised manuscript you are browsing has a IIIF manifest, then you can download the entire digitisation, that is, every single picture in the highest available definition. It is sometimes a bit tricky, but you can.
#wikidata est compatible avec #IIIF, avec des propriétés dédiées, même quand l'image n'est pas dans #wikicommons
Il a développé une extension dans #Firefox pour ajouter des infos wikidata sur des sites externes, par exemple sur celui du #musée du Louvre
Même chose au musée d'Orsay pour enrichir les #biographies d'artistes.
We’re working on an extension that lets you send images to OCR services right from your #IMMARKUS workspace!
• Submit full images or selected regions
• Run multiple passes, preview results
• Import word- or line-level annotations
• Works with local files and #IIIF
Got an OCR engine or map-text service we should support? Reach out!
Or just need a flexible tool to annotate historical images? Try IMMARKUS: https://immarkus.xmarkus.org
Questions-réponses :
Aujourd'hui, il faudrait déjà appliquer les textes existants, notamment les directives européennes.
De plus, il n'y a pas de définition européenne du domaine public, notamment pour affirmer que c'est forcément gratuit : voir les restrictions récentes en #italie et l'influence des lobbys contre cette gratuité.
Intérêt de la norme #IIIF pour la diffusion des images au-delà des sites des institutions.
#britishlibrary RSE Saira Akhter just blogged with reflections from the IIIF Annual Conference 2025 - including some @universalviewer goodies and #IIIF implemented with #OCR #HTR workflows https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/2025/06/reflections-from-the-iiif-annual-conference-2025.html @BL_DigiSchol
What a great experience at the #IIIF conference in Leeds!
Many great #presentations and interesting #discussions with new and old friends!
We are very proud to actively support this great #community and we are excited for the #future ahead!
We will see you at the next #IIIF conference!
Next up?
The #OpenRepositories conference in Chicago! We will see you there!
