Celebrating 25 Years of Knowledge Integration
In November we marked our 25th anniversary with a day of insightful meetings and a vibrant evening celebration in Sheffield. The event brought together employees, friends, and collaborators to commemorate a quarter-century of excellence and innovation.
Read ArticleIntroducing the Museum Data Service
Knowledge Integration is delighted to announce the launch of the Museum Data Service (MDS) built on our open-source CIIM platform.
Read ArticleK-Int’s Samuel Scandrett joins the Arches Development team
Knowledge Integration is proud to share that Samuel, our lead Arches developer, has been nominated to become a member of the official core Arches development team, gaining the “Committer status”.
Read ArticleArches Developer meeting, LA
In March, Knowledge Integration’s lead Arches developer, Samuel Scandrett, attended the first in-person Arches developer meeting at the Getty Centre in Los Angeles. The three day conference brought developers and members of the Arches community from over the world to discuss and present their work.
Read ArticleDevelopment of an Arches plugin for QGIS
The Arches open-source software was designed for the cultural heritage sector and as such is centred around spatial data, including essential geospatial tools to enter, visualise and query resource locations.
Read ArticleThe Arches team reflects on a productive 2023
With 2023 coming to an end, the Arches team here at Knowledge Integration are looking to reflect on another rewarding year.
Read ArticlePress release: Introducing The Open Resource Sharing Coalition: OpenRS
Knowledge Integration will be leading the development of open source resource sharing for libraries, including features for intra-consortial borrowing, in a new project for the Open Library Foundation.
Read ArticleResource sharing in FOLIO
Back in September 2017 we spotted a gap in FOLIO app provision which we felt was hindering uptake in the UK: support for Interlibrary Loans (ILL).
Read ArticleIntroducing “Open Access”, a brand new FOLIO app
In our very first guest post, Owen Stephens introduces a new application, developed by Knowledge Integration, for managing a library's open access requests.
Read ArticleMillions of records from UK collections to be unlocked by new Museum Data Service
Knowledge Integration are lead developers for this ambitious initiative, which is set to transform the way museums share their object records and knowledge.
Read ArticleFedAccs delivers federated authentication to FOLIO
Sharing of learning facilities and resources with other institutions will become a whole lot simpler and cheaper for FOLIO libraries.
Read ArticleLegal aspects of Controlled Digital Lending – a report commissioned by k-int
The concept of Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) is an area of great interest and debate amongst academic libraries worldwide at the moment. We commissioned a report to investigate legal aspects to help inform the community.
Read ArticleFrom landscape to artifact: Arches meets CIIM
Our first integration of the Arches open source historical environment platform with CIIM, our in-house middleware solution, takes the Isle of Man's online cultural offering to the next level.
Read ArticleDevelopment of Controlled Digital Lending for Folio
We are delighted to be collaborating with EBSCO Information Services to develop functionality to support Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) in the FOLIO Library Services Platform.
Read ArticleK-Int’s Ian Ibbotson joins the new FOLIO Community Council
We’re pleased to announce that Ian Ibbotson has been elected to FOLIO’s newly formed Community Council.
Read ArticleTowards a National Collection – Making it FAIR
Towards a National Collection (TaNC) is taking the first steps towards creating a unified virtual ‘national collection’ from museums, archives, libraries and galleries.
Read ArticleGetting involved in Project ReShare
December's Project ReShare community meeting has been opened up to members of the public.
Read ArticleProject ReShare hits beta milestone
We're excited to announce the beta release of the ReShare Interlibrary Loan (ILL) system.
Read ArticleRevamped British Museum’s online collection goes live
Lockdown was made a little brighter by the early release of the new improved British Museum's online collection.
Read ArticleProject ReShare at ALA Midwinter, with demo
The Project ReShare steering group presented a project update and end to end demo of the resource sharing system to a packed out Town Hall meeting at ALA Midwinter in Philadelphia.
Read ArticleK-Int is 20!
We're extremely proud to have celebrated 20 years of Knowledge Integration.
Read Article1,000 milestone reached as students register to vote
It's always rewarding to see a customer's service gaining approval in the real world, especially when it has a positive impact on society.
Read ArticleFOLIO: celebrating success
At the end of August, Chalmers University of Technology went live as an early adopter of the FOLIO Library Services Platform.
Read Article‘Business as usual’ at the Archives Hub
In the connected worlds of software development and service delivery, it is easy to forget that sometimes "business as usual" is actually an end in itself.
Read ArticleThis year’s summer do was “axe”cellent
On the hottest day of the year we all tootled off to throw a few axes and discover our inner vikings. Much fun was had and the experience delivered by the Battle Axe Sheffield team was top-notch.
Read ArticleCIIM helps National Trust for Scotland deliver ‘Project Reveal’
Matchmaking: when collections met photography. 'Weighed down with laptops, ladders, cameras, tape measures and object labelling equipment, six inventory teams set off to catalogue and photograph all of the collections displayed and stored in 47 of our visited properties. Project Reveal will last 18 months and cover properties across Scotland, from Broughton House in Kirkcudbright to Hugh Miller’s Birthplace Cottage in Cromarty.'
Read ArticleCIIM AI Framework launched
In collaboration with the Horniman Museum and Gardens and the Science Museum Group, we have developed an AI framework for our CIIM product. It works with numerous third party AI services, such as Google Vision, and also provides integration with the GATE (General Architecture in Text Engineering) toolkit from Sheffield University.
Read ArticleCollections Middleware for the British Museum
Following an open invitation to tender to suppliers on the Digital Outcomes framework, part of the UK Government’s Digital Marketplace, we are delighted to have been selected by the British Museum to supply this important component in the redevelopment of the Museum’s online presence.
Read ArticleBehind the scenes at the Fitzwilliam Museum
The Fitzwilliam Museum are now using their CIIM platform to synchronize their Adlib Collections Management and Portfolio DAMS information, to both simplify their digitization workflow and prevent the need for 'double data entry'
Read ArticleManx National Heritage launch 3D digital images of Manx Crosses
Manx National Heritage have enabled users of iMuseum to explore 3D digital images of the historically important Manx Crosses, using Sketchfab integration via their CIIM platform.
Read ArticleRoyal Armouries Image Library launched
The new Royal Armouries Image Library is powered by data from their CIIM platform via a private custom endpoint and authenticated REST API.
Read ArticleIsle of Man TT archive powered by iMuseum
The Isle of Man TT archive is now powered by data from Manx National Heritage iMuseum via a custom publication endpoint configured within their CIIM platform.
Read ArticleOur role in Project ReShare development and a call for participation
Project ReShare is a new initiative to build a fully open source resource sharing, Interlibrary Loan (ILL) system for use in stand-alone and consortial interlending scenarios.
Read ArticleIWM’s Permanent Digital Memorial
We’re pleased to be working again with the Imperial War Museums on their ambitious ‘Permanent Digital Memorial.’
Read ArticleRAF Museum re-opening
The RAF Museum London has re-opened after a multi-million pound redevelopment and our CIIM middleware is providing its digital content delivery platform on the web, mobile and in-gallery.
Read ArticleThe National Gallery
We are delighted to have been selected to develop and deliver a Collection Information Data Aggregation Service for the National Gallery, based on our CIIM middleware product.
Read ArticleCity of Lincoln launch ARCADE
ARCADE is a publicly-accessible database that categorises, maps, and describes the rich cultural heritage of the City of Lincoln, showcasing the diversity of the city’s long history from Roman times to the present. It was built using the Arches open-source data-management platform with hosting, support and customisation provided by Knowledge Integration.
Read ArticleRob Tice to present keynote session to Extensis Portfolio users
Our very own Rob Tice is delighted to have been invited to deliver a keynote session to users of the Extensis Portfolio Digital Asset Management (DAM) system.
Read ArticleDigital Archive Collections – new Jisc project
Our work for Jisc on digital archive collections will provide universities and colleges with tools for exposing their digital archive collections.
Read ArticleKB+ 7.1 underway
The next round of development for Knowledge Base+ has begun.
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