{"id":44456,"date":"2026-07-09T09:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/?p=44456"},"modified":"2026-07-09T09:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:07:08","slug":"mit-libraries-launches-digital-collections-repository","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/mit-libraries-launches-digital-collections-repository\/44456\/","title":{"rendered":"MIT Libraries Launches Digital Collections Repository"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIT Libraries is pleased to announce the launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/dome.mit.edu\/home\">Digital Collections<\/a>, our newly upgraded digital repository platform (previously Dome) providing a modern, sustainable foundation for sharing MIT\u2019s unique special collections materials. Like the recently launched <a href=\"https:\/\/dspace.mit.edu\/home\">MIT Open Scholarship<\/a> repository, Digital Collections is powered by the DSpace platform and represents an important step forward in the Libraries\u2019 digital repository infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The upgraded platform improves discoverability, usability, and long-term sustainability while creating a foundation for future enhancements.<\/p>\n<p>Over the coming weeks, library staff will prepare for the rollout of International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) viewers. The addition of IIIF viewers will provide enhanced image viewing capabilities, allowing users to zoom, pan, and closely examine high-resolution images directly within the repository. This new functionality significantly advances how users can explore visual materials online and engage with the Libraries&#8217; digital collections. MIT Libraries looks forward to introducing additional collections, features, and enhancements that further support research, teaching, learning, and public engagement.<\/p>\n<p>Explore <a href=\"https:\/\/dome.mit.edu\/home\">Digital Collections<\/a> today, and stay tuned for future updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIT Libraries is pleased to announce the launch of Digital Collections, our newly upgraded digital repository platform (previously Dome) providing a modern, sustainable foundation for sharing MIT\u2019s unique special collections materials. Like the recently launched MIT Open Scholarship repository, Digital Collections is powered by the DSpace platform and represents an important step forward in the Libraries\u2019 digital repository infrastructure. The upgraded platform improves discoverability, usability, and long-term sustainability while creating a foundation for future enhancements. Over the coming weeks, library staff will prepare for the rollout of International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) viewers. The addition of IIIF viewers will provide [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"subtitle":"","is_event":false,"calendar_url":"","calendar_id":"","calendar_image":"","pauthor":"MIT Libraries","urgent":false,"notes":"","featuredListImg":false,"homeImg":false,"listImg":false,"homepage_post_title":"","featuredArticle":"false"},"categories":[10,232],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-10","category-archives-mit-history"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44456"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44459,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44456\/revisions\/44459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}