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Open infrastructure for digital archives

Access community-driven MARC parsers, metadata tools, and preservation scripts built by and for cultural heritage programmers. No vendor lock-in, just clean open code.

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Production-ready metadata tools

These community-maintained libraries handle complex bibliographic transformations, high-speed parsing, and digital preservation pipelines across diverse institutional environments. Run them locally or deploy them to your campus server infrastructure.

MARC-PARSER
METADATA-API
ARCHIVE-STREAM

High-speed MARC record parser

Interoperable search connector

Digital preservation pipeline

A robust parser designed to process millions of legacy bibliographic records with zero memory leaks. Ideal for large-scale migrations and high-throughput production environments.

Standardized API wrapper bridging legacy library catalogs with modern web discovery layers. Supports complex Boolean queries, faceting, and real-time availability checks.

Automated validation and packaging tool for long-term digital preservation, complying strictly with OAIS reference model standards and institutional backup protocols.

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We build everything in the open. Whether you are patching a legacy parser, documenting a schema, or writing a new search connector, your contributions keep cultural heritage metadata accessible for everyone.

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