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What we build

Our core work is custom collections management systems and digital archives. Around it we build grant and program systems, finance integrations and custom applications, and we support all of them for years.

  • Collections management systems and digital archives

    Our core work. We build the systems organizations use to catalog, manage, search and publish their collections, from the metadata and permissions to the public website.

  • Grants, scholarships, programs and M&E

    Grant and scholarship management, project and program management, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E), with the reports that boards and funders expect.

  • Finance integration and reporting

    Connections between program systems and the finance system you already run, so data is entered once and the reports agree.

    Infor SunSystems and Deltek Vision.

  • Custom systems and long-term support

    Software for work that off-the-shelf tools don't fit, careful upgrades of aging systems, and support from the people who built them.

    On .NET and AWS, with relational databases such as Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle.

  • Survey analysis

    A system we built for an international research organization that imported about 90 surveys, with cross-tabulations, filters, comparisons across countries and years, and exports to Excel and charts.

Systems we have built and still support

Where we fit

  • Your collection or program has outgrown spreadsheets, email or an older system.
  • Your process has unusual steps, or several systems need to share the same records.

An engagement in four stages

  1. 1Scope

    We learn how your team works today and agree in writing on what the first piece of work will deliver.

  2. 2Build

    We build in stages with your staff, test with real data and train the people who will use the system.

  3. 3Launch

    We move your data, check it against the old system and switch over carefully.

  4. 4Support

    We stay on to fix, improve and upgrade the system as your organization changes.

How we work, in detail

Technology

We use widely supported tools, so the systems we build can be maintained for many years, by us or by others.

Applications

  • .NET
  • C#
  • Angular

Public websites

  • React
  • Next.js
  • IIIF image viewers

Data and search

  • SQL
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Oracle
  • Elasticsearch

Cloud and images

  • Amazon Web Services
  • IIIF image server

Finance systems

  • Infor SunSystems
  • Deltek Vision

Connected services

  • Transcription
  • Text recognition (OCR)
  • Persistent identifiers

Common questions

Can you work with the system we already have?
Yes. We can start from an existing catalog, spreadsheets or an older system. We connect to the finance and other systems you already run instead of replacing them.
Who looks after the system after launch?
The same team that built it. Most of our work is maintaining and improving systems year after year.
How does a project start?
With a short call about your collection or system and what you have today. A proposal comes after that, once we understand the problem.

More questions

Tell us about your collection or system.

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