# Cultural Collections IIIF

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-leeds/iiif-cultural-collections/  
**Provider:** University of Leeds — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-leeds/  
**Documentation:** https://library.leeds.ac.uk/info/1500/special_collections

Cultural Collections IIIF is one of 3 APIs that [University of Leeds](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-leeds/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include IIIF, Libraries, Digital Collections, Image, and Cultural Heritage. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

The University of Leeds Libraries' Cultural Collections are IIIF-enabled through a digital library infrastructure built in partnership with Digirati (IIIF Image API at the access end, OCFL at the preservation end). Tens of thousands of digitised manuscripts, rare books, artworks and coins expose IIIF Manifest URLs from their catalogue records. No published developer reference or fixed manifest base URL was confirmed; manifests are discovered per-record from the Special Collections catalogue.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://library.leeds.ac.uk/info/1500/special_collections
- **GitHub** — https://github.com/uol-library/eprints-iiif-manifest

## Other University of Leeds APIs (2)

- [Research Data Leeds Repository (OAI-PMH)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-leeds/research-data-oai/)
- [Library Search (Ex Libris Alma / Primo)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-leeds/library-discovery/)

## Tags

IIIF, Libraries, Digital Collections, Image, Cultural Heritage

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