IIIF and Japanese Visual Materials

This hands-on, interactive workshop, supported by the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies and led by members of DARTH and Japan Digital Research Center will introduce participants to the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) and open-source IIIF image viewer Mirador. Together these tools support and enhance scholarly research for the web, digital exhibits, as well as course teaching materials.

We will be working with a variety of digitized images (with special attention to Japanese demons, ghouls, and ghosts) located at Harvard and partnering IIIF institutions around the world. Topics include:

• Core concepts of IIIF and why they are important
• Retrieving IIIF images and importing them into a Mirador viewer
• Learning how to use IIIF for creative projects

No background in programming is necessary, but a laptop is required.