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Welcome to the <strong>Behind-the-Scenes Portal </strong>for the Miranda Digital Asset Platform<strong>.</strong> To explore Miranda, visit '''[https://collections.folger.edu collections.folger.edu]'''.  
Welcome to the <strong>Behind-the-Scenes Portal </strong>for the Miranda Digital Asset Platform<strong>.</strong> To explore Miranda, visit '''[https://collections.folger.edu collections.folger.edu]'''.


This portal documents the human and technical development processes that make the Miranda project possible. The Miranda prototype was made public in fall 2017, with an alpha release in May 2018 and a beta launch in January 2019. The grant period concluded at the end of February 2020. We will continue to update the platform throughout 2020 and beyond. 
=Notice: Miranda retirement=


This portal contains information about what is currently available on the Miranda platform and outlines some of the work completed throughout the project. For technical (and technical-leaning) folks, there is also information on how the platform itself works, how to interact with the platform's APIs, and the platform's data model.  
Miranda will be retired in October 2023. While information about the project and the platform code repository will remain available after retirement, the platform itself will no longer be publicly available.  


The code repository for Miranda as well as the 2017 Miranda prototype is [https://github.com/parsonstko available on Github] under the MIT License. Our primary technical partner is [https://parsonstko.com ParsonsTKO]. We regret that we cannot provide support for other installations of the platform outside of [http://collections.folger.edu the official site]. 
==What this means for you==


The Miranda project is made possible with generous support from the [https://www.mellon.org Andrew W. Mellon Foundation]. Miranda is a work in progress. We would love to hear your comments, questions, and ideas. Send us a note at miranda@folger.edu - we look forward to hearing from you.
By the end of September 2023, users should:
 
*download material in their MyShelf accounts. For download instructions, see here [link to MyShelf instructions].
*redirect Miranda links to other Folger resources.
 
This page will be updated with further information about retirement deadlines and additional resources. Please direct questions about Miranda's retirement to miranda@folger.edu.
 
==This Behind the Scenes portal==
 
This portal documents the human and technical development processes that made the Miranda project possible. The Miranda prototype was made public in fall 2017, with an alpha release in May 2018 and a beta launch in January 2019. The grant period concluded at the end of February 2020, and the platform will be retired in fall 2023.
 
This portal contains information about what is currently available on the Miranda platform and outlines some of the work completed throughout the project. For technical (and technical-leaning) folks, there is also information on [https://wiki.folger.edu/collections-architecture-portal/Technical_Architecture/ how the platform itself works], how to interact with the platform's [https://wiki.folger.edu/collections-architecture-portal/The_Miranda_API/ APIs], and the platform's [https://wiki.folger.edu/collections-architecture-portal/Data_model/ data model].
 
The code repository for Miranda as well as the 2017 Miranda prototype is [https://github.com/parsonstko available on Github] under the MIT License. 
 
Our technical partners for this project were ParsonsTKO and Aplyca Technologia. The Miranda project was made possible with generous support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.


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Revision as of 09:07, 20 July 2023

Welcome to the Behind-the-Scenes Portal for the Miranda Digital Asset Platform. To explore Miranda, visit collections.folger.edu.

Notice: Miranda retirement

Miranda will be retired in October 2023. While information about the project and the platform code repository will remain available after retirement, the platform itself will no longer be publicly available.

What this means for you

By the end of September 2023, users should:

  • download material in their MyShelf accounts. For download instructions, see here [link to MyShelf instructions].
  • redirect Miranda links to other Folger resources.

This page will be updated with further information about retirement deadlines and additional resources. Please direct questions about Miranda's retirement to miranda@folger.edu.

This Behind the Scenes portal

This portal documents the human and technical development processes that made the Miranda project possible. The Miranda prototype was made public in fall 2017, with an alpha release in May 2018 and a beta launch in January 2019. The grant period concluded at the end of February 2020, and the platform will be retired in fall 2023.

This portal contains information about what is currently available on the Miranda platform and outlines some of the work completed throughout the project. For technical (and technical-leaning) folks, there is also information on how the platform itself works, how to interact with the platform's APIs, and the platform's data model.

The code repository for Miranda as well as the 2017 Miranda prototype is available on Github under the MIT License.

Our technical partners for this project were ParsonsTKO and Aplyca Technologia. The Miranda project was made possible with generous support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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