Information industry consulting

Information, managed and connected.

Practical expertise in standards, scholarly publishing, persistent identifiers and library technology — helping libraries, publishers and associations make their information work together.

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What we do

Services across the information ecosystem

From the standards that make systems interoperate to the identity and discovery layers that connect people to content.

Information Management

Strategy, governance and workflows that turn scattered content and metadata into dependable organizational assets.

Standards Development

Consensus-based standards and recommended practices — from scoping and committee structure to drafting and ballot.

Scholarly Publishing

Advice on publishing operations, metadata, discovery, interoperability and the evolving research communication ecosystem.

Semantic Technology

Vocabularies, ontologies, linked data and knowledge graphs that make information findable, reusable and machine-actionable.

Persistent Identifiers

DOIs, ORCID, ROR and related identifier schemes: adoption planning, implementation and community governance.

ISO Standards Development

Secretariat, chair and project-leader support for ISO technical committees, working groups and international ballots.

Library Technology Systems

System selection, integration and migration for library services platforms, discovery layers and resource-sharing tools.

Federated Identity Management

Access and authentication across institutions and publishers — SAML, OpenAthens, SeamlessAccess and privacy-aware design.

Non-profit Association Management

Operations, membership value, governance and program development for associations and standards bodies.

Who we serve

Built for organizations that share knowledge

We work with the people who build, publish, preserve and connect information — bringing standards expertise and hands-on operational experience to every engagement.

  • Libraries
  • Scholarly publishers
  • Standards organizations
  • Professional associations
  • Non-profits
  • Technology providers
  • Research institutions

Insights

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Let’s connect your information.

Tell us about your project, standard or system challenge. We’ll respond within a few business days.