University of Chicago

University of Chicago Library IIIF Image API

IIIF Image API Level 2 service for the University of Chicago Library, running Loris. The service root self-identifies: "This is Loris, an image server that implements the IIIF Image API Level 2." Verified live 2026-08-19, HTTP 200, text/plain. The related delivery host iiif-image.lib.uchicago.edu returns HTTP 403 to a browser user-agent — blocked to us, live to the Library's own viewers.

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APIReference

https://iiif-server.lib.uchicago.edu/

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GitHub

https://github.com/uchicago-library

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API entry from apis.yml

aid: university-of-chicago:library-iiif-image
name: University of Chicago Library IIIF Image API
description: 'IIIF Image API Level 2 service for the University of Chicago Library, running Loris. The
  service root self-identifies: "This is Loris, an image server that implements the IIIF Image API Level
  2." Verified live 2026-08-19, HTTP 200, text/plain. The related delivery host iiif-image.lib.uchicago.edu
  returns HTTP 403 to a browser user-agent — blocked to us, live to the Library''s own viewers.'
humanURL: https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/
baseURL: https://iiif-server.lib.uchicago.edu/
x-operator: institution
x-operator-basis: Host iiif-server.lib.uchicago.edu is under the institution's own registrable domain
  uchicago.edu.
x-verified: '2026-08-19'
tags:
- IIIF
- Image API
- Loris
- Library
- Digital Collections
properties:
- type: APIReference
  url: https://iiif-server.lib.uchicago.edu/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/uchicago-library