University of Chicago Library IIIF Presentation API

aid: university-of-chicago:library-iiif-presentation
name: University of Chicago Library IIIF Presentation API
description: 'IIIF Presentation API 3.0 manifests for the University of Chicago Library''s digital collections,
  addressed by ARK (naming authority 61001) at iiif-collection.lib.uchicago.edu/object/ark:61001/{arkid}.json.
  Manifests declare the IIIF Presentation 3 context, embed the IIIF Image 2 context, and carry a requiredStatement
  attributing the University of Chicago. Verified live 2026-08-19 — HTTP 200, application/json, 99KB manifest;
  a nonsense ARK returns a real HTTP 404. NOTE: the older manifest host iiif-manifest.lib.uchicago.edu,
  which this repository previously recorded as the base URL for every entry, is dead — it answers HTTP
  200 with a soft-404 body for every path including valid ARKs.'
humanURL: https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/
baseURL: https://iiif-collection.lib.uchicago.edu/
x-operator: institution
x-operator-basis: Host iiif-collection.lib.uchicago.edu is under the institution's own registrable domain
  uchicago.edu.
x-verified: '2026-08-19'
tags:
- IIIF
- Digital Collections
- Library
- Presentation API
- ARK
- Linked Data
properties:
- type: APIReference
  url: https://iiif-collection.lib.uchicago.edu/object/ark:61001/b2p35sm3m743.json
- type: Documentation
  url: https://github.com/uchicago-library/IIIF
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/uchicago-library