Working with IIIF Collections

IIIF Collections allow you to group Manifests and other Collections together into a structured hierarchy. The portal enables you to create new collections, import existing ones, and manage their contents.

Creating a new collection

Within the IIIF Publishing area, click New and select Collection.

Fig. 3.3.1a: Option to create a new, empty Collection

Give the Collection a Label and an optional Summary. The Slug will be auto-populated from the Label.

Fig. 3.3.1b: Creating a new, empty Collection

Click Create. You will be taken to the Collection view, where the empty Collection is displayed.

Editing collection metadata

Click the pencil icon, then Edit to edit the basic Collection metadata.

Fig. 3.3.3a: Select Edit to edit the metadata

Edit the metadata and click Save, or click Cancel to discard your changes.

Fig. 3.3.3b: Edit modal

Adding items to your collection

Add Manifests and other Collections using the Add items button, which opens the IIIF Browser.

You cannot add a Collection to itself — it will appear disabled in the IIIF Browser. You can add any other Collection or Manifest, but each item can only appear once in the same Collection.

Fig. 3.3.4a: Adding items to the Collection

You can also add external content directly by pasting a URL into the IIIF Browser.

Fig. 3.3.4b: Adding an external Collection directly to your Collection

Once added, the items are listed within the Collection in the order they were added. Items hosted within your IIIF Publishing area are marked INTERNAL; items from external sources are marked EXTERNAL.

Fig. 3.3.4c: Viewing the items in the Collection

Deleting an item from your collection

Click the ⋮ menu to the right of the item and select Remove.

Fig. 3.3.5a: Removing an item from the Collection

Viewing your collection

Using the Open in Viewer option, you can view your Collection in:

Theseus
Mirador

A link to the IIIF Collection (via the IIIF icon) is also available to drag and drop into viewers that support IIIF Collections.

Edit with the Collection Editor

Click Edit with Collection Editor to view and edit the Collection in detail.

Fig. 3.3.7a: Viewing the Collection in the Collection Editor

The default view shows the Collection summary in the left panel, with detailed metadata in the right panel. You can add metadata and other IIIF Collection properties using the right panel.

You can also set a thumbnail for the Collection by navigating to the relevant Canvas preview and selecting it.

Fig. 3.3.7b: Selecting a thumbnail for the Collection

Updating collection contents

Click the Collection items icon in the left panel to navigate to the Manifests and Collections view.

Fig. 3.3.8a: The 'Collection items' icon

In this view, the right panel shows summary information for the selected item. You can edit the basic metadata for IIIF content within the context of the Collection (this does not affect the underlying item itself).

Fig. 3.3.8b: Adding summary metadata to a Manifest in the Collection

To reorder items, click the Edit items (pencil) icon in the left panel and use the = drag icon to rearrange.

Fig. 3.3.8c: Editing items in the Collection

Additional ordering options and Delete are available from the ⋮ menu next to each item.

To add more content, click IIIF Browser to open the browser and search for additional internal or external content.

Fig. 3.3.8d: Select the IIIF Browser option to add content

Fig. 3.3.8e: Selecting additional IIIF content from an external Collection

Click Save changes when finished. Use the Back link to return to the portal Collection view.

Importing an existing collection

Navigate to the IIIF Publishing area and select the destination folder. Click New, then select Import Collection. Enter the URL of a valid IIIF Collection and click Import.

Fig. 3.3.9a: Option for importing a Collection

Fig. 3.3.9b: Importing a Collection