IIIF and Allmaps presentation
This year at the CNI 2026 Spring Meeting, It was great to present on IIIF and Allmaps (with Jon Manton) at the CNI 2026 Spring Meeting; seeing all the mentions of IIIF in presentations & IIIF discussions during the breaks … (3/3) zenodo.org/records/1955...
In his “Roadmap” to the meeting, Cliff Lynch noted, [IIIF will provide] users an unprecedented level of uniform and rich access to image based resources that currently reside in many discrete silos...” (2/3) bit.ly/4cKF1Na
2011 IIIF Presentation by Tom Cramer
Just wrapped up the @cni-org.bsky.social 2026 Spring Meeting & I thought back to the 2011 Fall Meeting where Tom Cramer presented “The @iiif.bsky.social Framework: Laying the Foundation for Common Services, Integrated Resources and a Marketplace of Tools for Scholars Worldwide” (1/3) bit.ly/484dT9f
Salt Lake City
Kate Zwaard (CNI Executive Director)
Great to be at the @cni-org.bsky.social Spring 2026 Membership Meeting in Salt Lake City representing @iiif.bsky.social. Great to catch up with longtime colleagues and meet so many new people!
"Oh Time, Thy Pyramids!" The @biodivlibrary.bsky.social and the Unchaining of the Universal Library(?) / a presentation from 2008 at the Berkman Center at Harvard University for a meeting of the Information Futures Institute www.biodivlibrary.org/2026/04/meet...
24,000th @inaturalist.bsky.social Observation: Atalantycha bilineata (Two-lined Leatherwing) / www.biodivlibrary.org/2026/04/2400...
First Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) @inaturalist.bsky.social observation of the year / www.biodivlibrary.org/2026/04/firs...
#detkglbibliotek
#detkglbibliotek
#detkglbibliotek
Thanks to the staff of the #detkglbibliotek for hosting my visit to see the library and meet with staff. See more here bit.ly/418rQ27
Boston Public Library
Boston Public Library
Presenting to the Boston Library Consortium
Looking back at a 2008 presentation for the Boston Library Consortium (18 March 2008) at Boston Public Library on the topic of the @biodivlibrary.bsky.social
Mass surveillance is on the rise. License plate readers & tools meant for safety can also put people at risk.
On the Future Knowledge #podcast, Cindy Cohn talks with @RaineyReitman about protecting yourself online.
🎧 Listen & subscribe ⬇️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/pri...
@eff #Privacy
The program for the 2026 International Image Interoperability Framework Consortium Annual Conference & Showcase will be great. There will be a broad spectrum of topics from a global array of presenters. Thanks to our sponsors and all the presenters who will be sharing our work.
Joined by a dodo and also an uninvited Clouded monitor (Varanus nebulosus)
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...
Also featuring the "Extensive.Open.Global" video youtu.be/VoGQhaxMZg0?...
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/
Recent Publication: "Data Born in Literature: The @biodivlibrary.bsky.social – A Global Digital Library Serving the Planet" (2025) / Learn more at bit.ly/4bmezYD
Crossing the Croatian/Slovenian border by train
@inaturalist.bsky.social Observations: In and Around Croatia & Slovenia (14-25 February 2026) / February in urban areas not the best time / bit.ly/4cl6dCG
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...
Dr. Antica Čulina, evolutionary ecologist and meta-scientist at the Ruđer Boskovic Institute, with the opening keynote at #IDCC
Kevin Ashley, from @digitalcuration.bsky.social welcome attendees to the 2026 IDCC Conference in Zagreb, Croatia #IDCC26
Swan
Trailing Bellflower
Heron
@inaturalist.bsky.social Observations: In and Around London (23 December 2025 - 2 January 2026) www.biodivlibrary.org/2026/02/inat...
Egyptian Goose
Great Cormorant
Eurasian Magpie
@inaturalist.bsky.social Observations: In and Around London (30 November - 8 December 2025) #iNaturalist www.biodivlibrary.org/2026/02/inat...
Walk for Peace in Clarendon (Arlington, Virginia)
Walk for Peace in Clarendon (Arlington, Virginia)
Walk for Peace in Clarendon (Arlington, Virginia)
Walk for Peace in Clarendon (Arlington, Virginia)
Walk for Peace in Clarendon (Arlington, Virginia) by Buddhist monks from the Hương Đạo Vipassana Bhavana Center #WalkforPeace #ArlingtonVA #BuddhistMonks
Book covers
Here are the 50 books I read in 2025. I started and ended the year with Bond, James Bond. Finally got around to Thomas Pynchon's Vineland, Erasure (by Percival Everett), and Michael Cunningham's The Hours. Arthur Machen was a new discovery for me. www.udc793.org/2026/02/2025... #2025Reading
Anna Weitzman (Smithsonian), Chris Lyal (NHM), Tom Garnett (Smithsonian) & Graham Higley (NHM). Anna and Chris were important to the informatics development of BHL and Graham was later the first Chair of the BHL Executive Committee … #BHLib
Doug Holland (Missouri Botanical Garden) was later Secretary of the BHL Executive Committee; in 2004’s “WebWise 2004: Sharing Digital Resources” in Chicago he, along with @chrisfreeland.com, Suzanne Pilsk (Smithsonian), and I did a classic napkin sketch of a digital library for biodiversity … #BHLib
Natural History Museum, London
Today's an important date for the @biodivlibrary.bsky.social marking the start of a key global gathering, “Library and Laboratory: The Marriage of Research, Data, and Taxonomic Literature” (London, 5 Feb 2005) attended by 80+ bioinformaticians, taxonomists, & librarians (1/4) More: bit.ly/4qu3biU
Thought I'd make a simple edit to a Zenodo record and 90 minutes later after a rabbit hole of Wikidata, Research Organization Registry (ROR), ORCID, DOI, Google Scholar, and who knows what else, I'm calling it done for the day
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!
2025 has been a great year for the ARK Alliance. The 1720+ ARK organizations include 12 national libraries, 215 universities, 254 archives, 144 museums, 124 journals, and 59 scientific centers.
arks.org/news/2025-12...
Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI) announced in November 2025 that LA Referencia will receive up to US$1.5M in funding as one of the inaugural winners of the IOI Network Adoption Fund. arks.org/news/2025-12...
Looking forward to hearing more about the great work being done by the IIIF community at our in person meeting in June!
