Lux is the digital front door to the unique cultural heritage and scholarship collections of Emory University, inviting discovery, learning, teaching, and creative endeavors for the Emory community and beyond.

Product Features for Version 1 (Minimum Viable Product): 2019 - 2020

Web Accessibility/Section 508

• Human-reviewed for conformance to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA (in accordance with forthcoming Emory policy)*

• Automated accessibility using industry standard tools (e.g. Wave)

Mobile-friendly, responsive design

• Access digital content through a variety of devices

Branding

• Displays Emory Libraries branding and styles

• Displays digital objects’ collection and library/unit affiliations

• Displays contact information for collections and content

Discovery, Search and Browse

• Simple and advanced search options

• Browse by collection

• Browse, sort and refine results with Emory-defined facets (library name, creator name, subjects, content type, genre, language, date, rights status)

• Featured content and collections on homepage/landing page

• Search engine optimization (SEO)

• Social media/email sharing options (email, Facebook, Twitter, SMS)*

File Previews and Download Options

• Universal Viewer integration providing content previews and interactions (zoom, pan, rotate, page turning, for common formats (text, images, audio, video)

• Download options for files (based on rights/access controls)

Complex Digital Object Support

• Support for display of multi-part (e.g. fronts and backs of images) and nested objects (e.g. books with multiple volumes)

• Navigation for hierarchical/nested content

Access Controls and Embargoes

• Enforce Curate-supplied access controls to view and download digital content (public, Emory campus, private/dark)

• User-facing rights status and usage guidance for digital content

• Display of access restriction information

• Display of tombstones for deleted or decommissioned content

Streaming Media and IIIF Support

• Streaming delivery of large media files

• IIIF output for digital objects (enabling views and interaction through Universal Viewer, ability to copy code snippets for embedding on other sites)

Citation Building and Export

• Automatic citation builder for digital objects in MLA, APA, Chicago styles*

• Export citations to citation management tools (Zotero, EndNote)*

Persistent Identifiers and URLs

• Unique, persistent URLs supporting long-term access, sharing and citation

Reporting and Analytics

• Google Analytics integration

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Discovery, Search and Browse

• Google Scholar discovery optimization

• Multi-language support*

• Save/bookmark items

Access Controls and Embargoes

• Enforces additional access controls to digital content (specific IP ranges/Reading Room access)

• Display of access restriction expiration dates

File Previews and Download Options

• Download/request full Preservation Package

Streaming Media and IIIF Support

• Streaming delivery of audiovisual media

* Blacklight, Samvera roadmap or external service partner dependency