dmMonocle is a stand-alone image viewer for CONTENTdm® collections, intended as a replacement for the default image viewer provided with CONTENTdm® 4.x and 5.x. The goal of the project is to make CONTENTdm® images, such as photos, maps, and scanned documents, easier to view and navigate. dmMonocle is written in JavaScript using jQuery, and provides patrons with the ability to zoom, pan, and rotate images on the fly without reloading the entire page. dmMonocle slices up large images into smaller square tiles, loading only the tiles in the visible area, much like Google Maps. In addition to the improved main viewing area, dmMonocle provides a thumbnail-sized navigator, showing patrons which part of the larger image they are viewing. The navigator may also be used to quickly move around an image. Finally, dmMonocle generates all tile images on the fly using software provided with CONTENTdm®, getimage.exe. dmMonocle is written by Brian Egan, Web/Multimedia Designer, UNLV Libraries.

Looking for additional developers/helpers!

While I enjoy improving and fixing dmMonocle, it takes a great deal of time to both maintain the code and also provide community support. I am currently looking for additional developers or community supporters to help me maintain dmMonocle so that we can provide updates in a more timely manner. dmMonocle is written in JavaScript using jQuery, and the codebase is freely available here from Google Code or at GitHub (http://github.com/brianegan/dmmonocle). If you are interested, please send me an email at brian.egan@unlv.edu to see what I'm up to and see if we can plan some development together.

If you cannot help with the development, but would like to lend a hand, I would also appreciate help with the community portion of this, such as creating new videos for CONTENTdm 5.1 systems or helping others who may be experiencing installation difficulties.

If you're interested in any way, please contact me: brian.egan@unlv.edu!

Thanks, Brian Egan