Screenshot of Mirador IIIF viewer showing a panoramic map of Amesville, Athens County Ohio from 1875, served from a Hugging Face Storage Bucket. The map shows detailed bird's-eye view illustrations of buildings, streets, and surrounding farmland.

The new @hf.co storage Buckets open up the Hub beyond models and datasets.

Example: IIIF image hosting.

With Buckets, just upload static tiles and any IIIF viewer zooms straight from CDN!

Black and white photograph showing a view down a city street, curving towards a tall building with clock tower. There are pedestrians and cars on the road.

For Seachtain na Gaeilge, our newly launched DRI Labs project team decided to highlight the rich visual history of #Ballyshannon in the collections, with links to friendly exhibit-making tools from @europeana.bsky.social and @iiif.bsky.social.
Read more: dri.ie/news/baile-s...

AI4LAM - IIIF - IIPC SHOWCASE - IIPC ... Read More

Join @iiif.bsky.social, AI4LAM, and @netpreserve.bsky.social for a free virtual Showcase highlighting the global activities and collaborations of our organizations! March 12 (09:00 ET / 14:00 CET) netpreserve.org/event/ai4lam...

Sponsorship for the 2026 #IIIF Annual Conference is open, but spots are filling up!

Learn more the opportunities to connect with over 200 professionals from around the world: conference2026.iiif.io/sponsors/

Library Science Talk - Technology, Community, and Consortium: The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) This Talk will take place in English exclusively on Zoom. Registration is not required to attend. Abstract: This presentation will examine the formation of International Image Operability Framework Co...

I'll be talking about @iiif.bsky.social at the CERN/AILIS Library Science Talk on 3 March (11:00 CET). No registration needed. indico.cern.ch/event/1634109/

IIIF Community Newsletter: February 2026

🗞️ The IIIF monthly newsletter, with more new #IIIF tools than ever before!

mailchi.mp/iiif/feb-26

Requirements for core Annotation properties · Issue #2426 · IIIF/api In 4.0, we are importing the annotation properties to IIIF as the 3d work requires a lot of extensions and processing rules. This means that we need to define the requirements for relationships lik...

For #IIIF / digital collectjons folk, 'Requirements for core Annotation properties' need review/input 'to define the requirements for relationships like body, target, motivation, source... these four are very inconsistent in the way they're used in Annotation documents'
github.com/IIIF/api/iss...

IDCC 2026 Poster Sessions

@iiif.bsky.social as an Enabling Tool in Data Curation

"@iiif.bsky.social as an Enabling Tool in Data Curation" poster at the 2026 @digitalcuration.bsky.social conference / thanks to all who stopped by to learn more about IIIF!
#IDCC26 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

2026 IIIF Annual Conference, The Netherlands, June 1-4, 2026. in collaboration with the dutch digital heritage network

🔊 Registration is now open for the 2026 #IIIF Annual Conference!

Travel information, schedule, locations, and a link to register are on the conference website: conference2026.iiif.io

I just published v0.1.0 of tiny.iiif 🚀 - the first official release of my new IIIF server!

• Publish images as IIIF instantly
• Organize images with simple drag+drop
• Image Service + Presentation manifests + user-friendly GUI all in one package

Available now!
github.com/rsimon/tiny-...

Starting in 5 minutes!

Join us tomorrow for a demo of IIIF Illustration Detector!

Zoom link: iiif.io/community

IIIF Community Call: IIIF Illustration Detector, Wednesday, February 11 (9am PT / 12pm ET / 5pm UTC

Join us Feburary 11 for a demo of @danielvanstrien.bsky.social's IIIF Illustration Detector.

Zoom on the IIIF Community Calendar: iiif.io/community

Need to publish images as #IIIF — but have only 30 SECONDS to do it? tiny.iiif to the rescue! 🫨

• Drag & drop images → instant IIIF Image Service
• Create a folder → drag images in → instant presentation manifest!

Work in progress, but already a lot of fun. Ping me if you want to know more!

Quick Q to the #IIIF community: if I want to set up #Cantaloupe, quick & painless via Docker, what's the recommended image?

I've been using `uclalibrary/cantaloupe`. It's working great – I just want to make sure there are no other images I should be aware of that might be more recommended.

2026 IIIF Annual Conference, The Netherlands June 1-5, 2026 In collaboration with the dutch digital heritage network

The Consortium is delighted to offer two travel scholarship to attend the 2026 #IIIF Annual Conference in the Netherlands. 🚅 🛬 🧳

For more information and how to apply visit: iiif.io/event/2025/l...

2026 IIIF Annual Conference, The Netherlands June 1-5, 2026 In collaboration with the dutch digital heritage network Amsterdam, The Hague, Leiden

TODAY is the day! The Call for Proposals for the 2026 #IIIF Annual Conference closes on Friday, January 23.

⏱️ Get your proposal in under the wire: iiif.io/event/2026/n...

IIIF Consortium Welcomes New Associate Members The International Image Interoperability Framework Consortium is delighted to announce two new members,

The #IIIF Consortium is delighted to welcome the University of Bern and Vienna University Library as Associate members. Read more about our newest members and their initiatives on the IIIF website: iiif.io/news/2026/01...

Deadline in two days!

If you're interested to hear how the #IIIF Consortium developed its new membership model, we invite you to join us tomorrow for a short presentation and community Q&A session.

Zoom: iiif.io/community

IIIF 2026 Annual Conference: The Netherlands, June 1-4, 2026. In association with the Dutch Digital Heritage Network. Photos of Amsterdam, The Hague, and Leiden.

The Call for Proposals for the 2026 #IIIF Annual Conference CLOSES on Jan. 23.

Read the full CfP and find a link to submit: iiif.io/event/2026/n...

IIIF 2026 Annual Conference: The Netherlands, June 1-4, 2026. In association with the Dutch Digital Heritage Network. Photos of Amsterdam, The Hague, and Leiden.

The Call for Proposals for the 2026 #IIIF Annual Conference CLOSES on Jan. 23.

Read the full CfP and find a link to submit: iiif.io/event/2026/n...

Exhibit v5 is here! 🚀

New features:

🔹 Simpler hosting (Firebase App Hosting replacing Vercel)
🔹 New Landing Pages & Quiz UI
🔹 Moveable Pinpoints + 3D Panning
🔹 Source Available License (Get repo access to modify code!)

exhibit.so/store

IIIF Annual Conferene, The Netherlands, June 1-4, 2026. Photos of Amsterdam, The Hague, Leiden. Logo for the Dutch Digital Heritage Network

The Call for Sponsors for the 2026 #IIIF Annual Conference is now open.

Join a diverse group of GLAM professionals from around the world in the Netherlands this June.

More info: iiif.io/event/2026/n...

2026 will usher in changes to the #IIIF Consortium membership model. If you're interested in learning about the process for creating the new structure or have questions, we invite you to join us for a special community call on Wednesday, January 21 at 12pm ET

Zoom info: www.iiif.io/community.

Updated globe with all 500 members of #IIIF @iiif.bsky.social at ChronoLink mprove.de/chrono3d?ll=...
Happy time traveling to all of you in 2026!

Xeirographa A guided learning platform for reading Greek manuscripts with interactive transcription exercises.

My (free) website for learning to read from Greek manuscripts is available. Still some tweaks to be made but it’s ready with 12 lessons, tips and hints, downloadable reports if you use it for a class, and links to lots of resources.

Please share and give feedback!

xeirographa.com

The final #IIIF newsletter of the year is out!

Open for:
🔹The 2026 Conference CfP
🔹IIIF & Allmaps partnership
🔹New IIIF viewer updates

mailchi.mp/iiif/nov-dec...

IIIF Illustration Detector - a Hugging Face Space by small-models-for-glam Find illustrated pages in digitized historical books

Paste any IIIF manifest → model classifies every page locally → see where illustrations appear.

Part of small-models-for-glam: small, efficient models for cultural heritage work.

Not everything needs GPT-4!

Try it: huggingface.co/spaces/small-models-for-glam/iiif-illustration-detector

IIIF Online Meeting: Working and Learning January 27-29, 2026 iiif.io/event/2026/online-meeting

Registration is now open for the 2026 #IIIF Online Meeting and the program is available! As always, the online meeting is free and open to all, but advance registration is required and workshop space is limited.

Registration: iiifonline2026.eventbrite.com
Program: iiif.io/event/2026/o...