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Image Archive and Access with Birmingham Central Library

"Content Finder has speeded up the search process tremendously it doesn't care where the files are held and the file structure is less important than if we were approaching this from a traditional storage and search perspective."
Richard Albutt, Digital Programs Manager, Birmingham Central Library

As one of the largest and most important public institutions of its kind in Europe, Birmingham Central Library combines comprehensive public access to a huge array of books, periodicals and data with a vibrant and modern atmosphere.

Among the hugely diverse range of material on offer, the library's photographic collection is a very large and growing body of work with a particular focus on regional images from Birmingham and the West Midlands.

'We needed a technology solution to bridge the gap between our need for efficient and accurate retrieval based on often meagre file and descriptive information, our budgets and our desire to make rapid progress before the digital collection grew much larger," explained Richard Albutt, digital programs manager at Birmingham Central Library.

In keeping with the local theme of the collections within the department, the Library evaluated technology from Folding Space. The solution is able to search and retrieve on the basis of file information or an array of other metadata types, which offered a good way to search across everything on the servers within the department . . . .

Birmingham Central Library

Required a search & retrieval facility for a large photographic collection.

Selected Content Finder to provide fast and accurate access for public and commercial enquiries.

Resulted in increased efficiency and speed in responding to research requests..

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