Goobi workflow - Workflow management software for digitisation projects used in more than 80 cultural heritage institutions in at least 18 countries.
Goobi workflow is an open-source software application for digitisation projects. It allows you to model, manage and supervise freely definable production processes and is used on a daily basis by many institutions to handle all the steps involved in creating a digital library or museum. These include importing data from library catalogues, scanning and content-based indexing as well as the digital presentation and delivery of results in popular standardised formats – from book to online presentation.
Goobi workflow is currently used for every day production inside of digitisation projects within approx. 70 cultural heritage institutions in 17 countries. The community website is located here:
In addition to this website, there is the very active Goobi community talking about different topics:
The discussion is currently still mostly happening in German. Nonetheless, please feel free to ask any questions in the message board in English too. The community is more than happy to answer inquiries in English as well.
The central documentation space for all topics around Goobi workflow and Goobi viewer is located here:
A complete German documentation regarding Goobi workflow can be found using this URL:
https://docs.goobi.io/goobi-workflow-de/
The English documentation for Goobi workflow is located here:
https://docs.goobi.io/goobi-workflow-en/
Currently there are about 180 different plugins for Goobi workflow. Not all of those are currently documented. However, the new documentation area lists the first new documented plugins here:
German documentation of the plugins: https://docs.goobi.io/goobi-workflow-plugins-de/
English documentation of the plugins: https://docs.goobi.io/goobi-workflow-plugins-en/
The development of Goobi workflow in mostly done by the software company intranda GmbH located in Göttingen, Germany. All current developments are centrally listed and explained in the monthly digests which can be found here:
German monthly digests: https://docs.goobi.io/goobi-workflow-digests-de/
English monthly digests: https://docs.goobi.io/goobi-workflow-digests-en/
The digitisation project management solution Goobi is based on the latest software technology and standards. Goobi uses JavaServer Faces and can be operated independently of any specific platform. The following section contains a detailed overview of the technology involved and of the program’s potential applications.
If the output generated by digitisation projects is to be of lasting value, it needs to be in a format that can also be processed by other software tools. For this reason, Goobi employs standardised formats. A list of the formats currently supported is shown below:
At present, Goobi supports the following metadata formats:
At present, Goobi supports the following file formats:
If you are searching for more information please get in touch with the development team of intranda. You can contact them using the web form here:
http://www.intranda.com/en/contact/
If you are interested in more details you can find the release notes here at GitHub using the following url: