# University of Chicago Library IIIF Presentation API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/library-iiif-presentation/  
**Provider:** University of Chicago — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-chicago/  
**Base URL:** https://iiif-collection.lib.uchicago.edu/  
**Documentation:** https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/

University of Chicago Library IIIF Presentation API is one of 44 APIs that [University of Chicago](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-chicago/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include IIIF, Digital Collections, Library, Presentation API, and ARK. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an API reference and API documentation.

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.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **APIReference** — https://iiif-collection.lib.uchicago.edu/object/ark:61001/b2p35sm3m743.json
- **Documentation** — https://github.com/uchicago-library/IIIF
- **GitHub** — https://github.com/uchicago-library

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- [University of Chicago Shibboleth Identity Provider — InCommon SAML Metadata](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/shibboleth-idp-metadata/)
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- [OCHRE Data Service API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/ochre-data-service/)
- [University of Chicago Library IIIF Image API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/library-iiif-image/)
- [University of Chicago Library Catalog API (VuFind)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/vufind-catalog-api/)
- [University of Chicago Gen3 Fence — admin/user API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/university-of-chicago-admin-user-api/)
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- [University of Chicago Gen3 indexd — bulk API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/university-of-chicago-bulk-api/)
- [University of Chicago Gen3 indexd — bundle API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/university-of-chicago-bundle-api/)
- [University of Chicago Gen3 Peregrine — core metadata API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/university-of-chicago-core-metadata-api/)
- [University of Chicago Gen3 Fence — credentials/api API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/university-of-chicago-credentials-api-api/)

## Tags

IIIF, Digital Collections, Library, Presentation API, ARK, Linked Data

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