Dear all,
I'm sharing this news for the British Library's UV / IIIF product team and
wider UV community...
The Universal Viewer (UV) is a community-developed open source project on a
mission to help you share your content with the world. The UV can play
audio and video files, display images, 3D files, PDFs and more.
This release includes an update to OpenSeadragon 6, and support for IIIF
Choice, adding a drop down menu to enable users to switch between different
images available for the same canvas (e.g. infrared, ultraviolet). Full
release notes at
https://github.com/UniversalViewer/universalviewer/releases/tag/v4.4.0
More importantly, you can see it in action with new multispectral images of
the infamously burnt 'Cotton Genesis'
https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/manifests/ark:/81055/man_10000049.0x000001
Previous updates included work on accessibility, mobile UX, the developer
experience and much more
https://github.com/UniversalViewer/universalviewer/releases
More on the Cotton Genesis manuscripts and how new digitisation has helped
scholars
https://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts/rescued-from-the-flames-the-cotton-genesis-restored-to-life
Cheers,
Mia
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The Collective Wisdom Handbook: perspectives on crowdsourcing in cultural
heritage <https://britishlibrary.pubpub.org/>
Crowdsourcing our Cultural Heritage
<https://www.miaridge.com/crowdsourcing-our-cultural-heritage/>
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Received on Fri Jun 26 2026 - 05:03:13 EDT