A presentation given at Samvera Connect 2020 On-line described thus and After trying to navigate deployment, configuration, performance, and scaling issues of several different image servers and support infrastructure (Cantaloupe, Aware, Riiif, nginx, and SquidCache, to name a few), we decided to see if we could build something less general/configurable but far more suited to our use case and runtime environment. serverless-iiif started out as a bare bones, proof-of-concept demonstration of how a scalable, high-performance IIIF image server could be implemented in a small, inexpensive AWS Lambda function. Just over a year later, the project serves as the basis for high-volume IIIF services running in production at Northwestern University, Princeton University, the University of Notre Dame, and the Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove. This presentation will cover the project from its beginnings (as a small demo repository carved out of Northwestern's cloud repository infrastructure), through a number of forks, merges, performance enhancements, deployment improvements, and into production. We will also include performance benchmarks, current production stats, and some thoughts on future work. The 'Related URL' below links to a video recording of the session. The video has closed captioning.
Keyword:
Cloud services, Connect 2020, International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF), and Samvera
Subject:
Samvera Community
Creator:
Silverton, Edward, Klein, Michael B, Hartzler, Jonathan, and Pendragon, Trey
Contributor:
Northwestern University Libraries, University of Notre Dame, Mnemoscene, and Princeton University Library
A presentation given at Samvera Connect 2020 On-line described thus and Figgy is Princeton University Library’s staff-facing repository management application. This presentation will share screenshots, user stories, and technical overviews of all the forms, magic buttons, storage integrations, drag-and-drop targets, rake tasks, and directory watchers that Figgy provides to support the different workflows our users have for ingesting content. The 'Related URL' below links to beginning of this presentation in the day's YouTube recording.
Keyword:
Metadata, Workflow, Connect 2020, Migration, Archives, Samvera, and Digitization
A presentation given at Samvera Connect 2020 On-line described thus and Princeton University Library’s digital projects and initiatives were seriously disrupted by COVID-19. Digitization of materials for projects and forthcoming exhibitions came to an unexpected halt at the same time as patrons and staff were separated from physical objects and library spaces. Necessity, however, provided an opportunity to reassess digital projects and how staff members interact with and contribute to our repository (Figgy). We focused on the creation of workflows and documentation for new contributors who would be working in the repository, helping them enhance existing digital objects with OCR, item level organization, structural metadata, page labeling, and IIIF display attributes. We describe how we were able to use Figgy and unexpectedly-available staff time to make more effective research tools and provide a better user experience for patrons and staff working with our digital collections. Such enhancements add immense value to our collections as well as to our applications, and the work can be done effectively by a wide range of staff from different departments with variable skill sets. The 'Related URL' below links to beginning of this presentation in the day's YouTube recording.
Keyword:
Metadata, Workflow, Connect 2020, Digitization, Samvera, Exhibits, and Vendors
A presentation given at Samvera Connect 2020 On-line (originally titled 'Cloud storage service uploads for a Valkyrie repository') and described thus and This presentation aims to outline and discuss attempts throughout 2019 and 2020 to integrate an early pre-release of the BrowseEverything 2.0 component for supporting Google Drive file uploads into a Samvera repository. While this shall be restricted in scope for cases which were specific to the Princeton University Library and a Valkyrie-based repository Figgy, the hope is to encourage discussions regarding obstacles which were encountered and to aim to generalize the solutions which were discovered in this integration. The 'Related URL' below links to beginning of this presentation in the day's YouTube recording.
Keyword:
Cloud services, Architecture, Samvera, Valkyrie, and Connect 2020
A presentation at Samvera Connect 2020 described thus and Update on recent and coming work for the Valkyrie gem. The 'Related URL' below links to the start of this presentation in the YouTube recording of the day's events.