Special Interest Group „digilib“ - an overview - eSciDoc Days 09-10th of June 2008 Berlin, Harnack Haus Tobias Schraut
topics What is digilib? Some history Digilib and eSciDoc Interested in a digilib SIG Upcoming features
What is digilib? Image viewing component Splitted into server and client application Tranfers only the requested image data to the client Supports a wide range of image formats No additional applications needed on client side Only browser with javascript needed
Digilib – basic functionality Digicat Image gallery with a definable set of images Zoom Zoom in / out and Zoom-Areas Annotations Markers can be set in the image Reference Gives a refernce to that image with all performed actions as URL or latex reference Navigation and Scaling
Screenshots (digicat)
Screenshots (digilib – 1 image)
Screenshots (digilib – zoom)
Some history Developed by MIPWG (Dr. Robert Casties) and Universität Bern and other institutes in the Humanities section of the Max Planck society under direction of Prof. Graßhoff (Uni Bern) Registered as open source software at „BerliOS“ in 2002 Used for „Archimedes“ project of the MIPWG to present digitalized images and transcriptions intensified development for ECHO (European Cultural Heritage Online) Used in many projects within the MPS where digitalized material (images) is presented
Digilib and eSciDoc Digilib is now integrated into the eSciDoc infrastructure Every solution will be able to present its images via digilib easily Digilib is going to be used in two MPDL solutions: FACES and VIRR MPDL contributes to the further development of digilib
Interested in a digilib SIG MPIWG Berlin: ECHO, Archimedes Collections, etc. Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rom: Lineamenta, ArsRoma, CIPRO Kunsthistorisches Institut, Florenz: Fototeca Kunsthistorisches Zentralinstitut, München: Farbdiaarchiv MPDL, München: FACES, VIRR
Upcoming features Stable integration into the eSciDoc infrastructure Presentation of entered metadata and full text Further devlopment of additional features Double page viewing (impression of reading a book) Easy entry of metadata Extended zooming Measuring features … Further development of the frontend for the browser