Our advanced hosting technology has been optimized for use on low-bandwidth connections. The digitized photos are stored as database fields, not as individual image files. This technique is scalable to very large collections of photos, audio recordings and text documents. The NextLibrary photo digitization website can be integrated seamlessly into your existing website. NextLibrary has designed the Penelope Search Engine to allow flexible, online searching of the catalog database.
Search results are very tolerant of spelling errors and spelling variations.
Penelope uses a combination of exact match, stemword match, soundex match and synonym match with adjustments for word frequency. The online catalog is easily produced using a simple export of ISBN numbers from your existing library software. There is no complicated live interface into your existing system. Your Nextlibrary photo archive website is provided with a discussion forum for every individual photo in the collection. Visitors are encouraged to post information and reminisences about each photo.