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-# Bibliopolitica
+# Bibliopolítica: A Digital History of the Chicano Studies Library
 
-## Getting Started
+Exhibit front-end feat. [11ty](https://www.11ty.dev/) + [daisyui](https://daisyui.com/)  
+IIIF assets via [aperitiiif](https://middlicomp.github.io/aperitiiif/)
+
+![image labeled the chicano studies libray serials collection with a graphic line logo](https://marii.info/images/bibliopolitica.jpg)
+
+## Local Development
+
+### Prerequisites 
+- [Git](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git)
+- [NVM](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm?tab=readme-ov-file#installing-and-updating)
+
+### Steps
+1. Checkout repository & cd into it.
+  ``` sh
+  git clone https://github.com/mnyrop/bibliopolitica.git && cd bibliopolitica
+  ```
+2. Install and/or load Node version
+  ``` sh
+  nvm install
+  ```
+3. Install node modules
+  ``` sh
+  npm install
+  ```
+4. Run development server
+  ``` sh
+  npm start
+  ```
+5. View in browser at http://localhost:8080/
+
+
+## Deployment
+
+Current: commits to `main` branch will trigger GitHub action to build, test, and deploy the site to GitHub pages.
+
+Future: commits to `staging` branch will trigger GitHub action to build, test, and deploy the site to GitHub pages; commits to `main` (via Pull Request from `staging`) will build, test, and deploy the site to prod host using SFTP.