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11 Feb 2020
The word "Universal" means more than a technical "show me all the things". More importantly, it means "for everyone".
Thank you to our community and sponsors for their support:
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Universal Viewer retweeted
3 Oct 2023
The Mainz Psalter is now available on the Universal Viewer! This 1457 publication was the second major book printed using movable type in the West.
📖View the full item here: access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark…
#FullyDigitised
ALT Image from the Mainz Psalter, featuring an illuminated letter B
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Universal Viewer retweeted
5 Jun 2023
exhibit.so custom instances now have a file upload and #IIIF manifest generation feature.
Great for getting your story online quickly!
youtu.be/KMA8kDaESd8
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Universal Viewer retweeted
15 Aug 2022
You can view more of William Crane's illustrations on our @universalviewer:
access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark…
15 Aug 2022
That Monday morning feeling... 🛌
English artist and book illustrator Walter Crane, born #OTD in 1845, illustrated Household Stories, from the collection of the Brothers Grimm.
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ALT Illustrated frontispiece of Household Stories, from the collection of the Brothers Grimm. A woman lies asleep on a bed, surrounded by a sleeping dog and a musical instrument while a man in a hat watches over her. The caption reads: The Sleeping Beauty - at last he came to the tower & opened the door of the little room where Rosamond lay.
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Universal Viewer retweeted
8 Jun 2022
#Lovaniensia is the 2nd collections enriched with #OCR data coming from our @googlebooks partnership. All @KU_Leuven digitised books (1078!) are now full text searchable in the @universalviewer on the #Lovanviensia platform lovaniensia.be/solr-search/?… @SpColl_KULeuven @LIBISintoinfo
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Universal Viewer retweeted
9 Jun 2022
The website makes use of @iiif_io and @universalviewer for displaying related digital editions from various institutions without the need to leave the page. This one is from the amazing archaeological collection of @HeidelbergU library.
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10 Jun 2022
Harvard Library used exhibit.so for their "Slavery, Abolition, Emancipation, and Freedom: Primary Sources from Houghton Library" project 👀
curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/sl…
#iiif
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Universal Viewer retweeted
7 Jun 2022
#iiif @edsilv demonstrates the features of the amazing exhibit.so/ - you can build quizzes, embed YouTube videos and more @mnemoscene_io
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3 Jun 2022
UV version 4.0.0 has just been released 🎉
Huge thanks go to our developer community and Steering Group members for making this 3 year modernisation effort possible!
github.com/UniversalViewer/u…
#IIIF
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Universal Viewer retweeted
21 May 2022
Finally deployed the wonderful open source @iiif_io @universalviewer for @BFI colleagues to access our 1.4 million digital photographs from c90 years of film and tv collecting. Next up, deploy for BFI Reuben Library users. Get Carter photo preserved by BFI National Archive.
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12 May 2022
We just fixed a bug in exhibit.so that was preventing it from working with @iiif_io manifests served from @omeka S. Looking forward to seeing what exhibits people make!
Universal Viewer retweeted
28 Apr 2022
Uploading our digitised objects to @googlebooks platform enriches our data with #OCR. The @KU_Leuven collection of incunabula is now also full text searchable in the @universalviewer from our catalogue: limo.libis.be/primo-explore/… @SpColl_KULeuven @LIBISintoinfo @KULTheology
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Universal Viewer retweeted
19 Mar 2022
An experiment: "exhibit" Maurisperg's Neo-Latin play on Stanislaus Kostka (1730) using the @bsb_muenchen IIIF image manifest (for its digital facsimile of the book) and exhibit.so online tool by @universalviewer:
exhibit.so/exhibits/ccdT0BPa…
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Universal Viewer retweeted
9 Mar 2022
#WoodcutWednesday incunabulum 'Siege of Thebes', by Lydgate, John; ca. 1494, publisher: Wynkyn de Worde ( I ❤️ that name!)
Fully digitised💻& available online in #IIIF ▶️ access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark…
#digitisation #archives #openaccess
@BLprintheritage @practicalIIIF @universalviewer
ALT Woodcut titled 'This is the Royall Cyte of Thebes' from the early printed book 'Siege of Thebes', by Lydgate, John; ca. 1494, publisher: Wynkyn de Worde, British Library
ALT Woodcut of a Knight on a charger; from early printed book 'Siege of Thebes', by Lydgate, John; ca. 1494, publisher: Wynkyn de Worde, British Library
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Universal Viewer retweeted
8 Mar 2022
Nimm teil an einer exotischen Reise mit den alten und seltenen Drucken und Karten der ETH-Bibliothek – ganz bequem von zu Hause aus.
Zur virtuellen Ausstellung: ow.ly/xpqT50IcWRA
#MehrWissen #RareBooks
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Universal Viewer retweeted
9 Apr 2022
The Heritage Made Digital Team is always busy making available digitised @britishlibrary collection items online 📚💻 in our @universalviewer in #IIIF
Check out this current guide bl.uk/collection-guides/iiif
Images recently published ORB.40/830
#Archive30 #DigitalArchives @ARAScot
ALT Woodblock designs featuring animals from Japanese Design book Riron to jissai yori nareru zuan shinkenkyū, Adachi Shigehiro hen, ORB.40/830, British Library
ALT Woodblock designs featuring animals, plants and views, from Japanese Design book Riron to jissai yori nareru zuan shinkenkyū, Adachi Shigehiro hen, ORB.40/830, British Library
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Universal Viewer retweeted
9 Feb 2022
Using #IIIF to reunite a 1000 y/o #Christian #Arabic miscellany - some folios at the @britishlibrary others at @Ambrosiana1609 and the rest not yet found! Read more about my work following @BLQatar Bink Hallum's research blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholars… @BLAsia_Africa
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Universal Viewer retweeted
8 Feb 2022
Making good progress learning @FlutterDev. If anyone fancies trying out an Android APK of my @FitzMuseum_UK experiment, dm me. Now have 360 gallery views, 3d models, universal viewer iiif images, audio and video files packaged up. Layout polish and a few buggy things to do.
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Universal Viewer retweeted
7 Dec 2021
How did we (@BL_DigiSchol & @britishlibrary colleagues) respond to the pandemic? I've just blogged: "Digital transformations and the pandemic: the Digital Scholarship view", check it out: blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholars… @BLAsia_Africa #bldigital
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Universal Viewer retweeted
18 Nov 2021
Swept away in the excitement of #IIIF conference yesterday, I forgot to mention that Day 6 of our 🎉🎉 500 Follower Celebration🎉🎉 was live!! Thus, head to bit.ly/ConCol6 to check out @EdinburghUni's incredible Mahābhārata scroll in all of its 72 meters!!!
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Universal Viewer retweeted
1 Nov 2021
Here's a taster from @DerilloEyob's Exhibit on The Miracles of Mary, ታምረ ማርያም, Or 641.
exhibit.so/exhibits/MHkFK93j…
Learn more about this item & how to make your own #IIIF Exhibit:
blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholars…
@BL_DigiSchol #ManuscriptMonday @BLAsia_Africa @britishlibrary @iiif_io
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