Our DRYAD service offers a broad range of archive management options. Built on the AtoM archive management system and incorporating our own bespoke software, DRYAD is designed to deliver the best possible archive management solutions.
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La Société Guernesiaise was founded to encourage the study of the natural history, geography and geology of the Bailiwick of Guernsey in the Channel Islands. As part of its remit, La Société holds an extensive collection of herbarium specimens.
In the summer of 2024, Max undertook the digitisation of the herbarium collection and developed a feature-rich website to enable the easy search and viewing of the specimen images.
Max’s flexible and adaptable approach meant that the capture stations could be setup within La Société’s site, minimising the risks of transportation and optimising the digitisation process.
To illustrate this project, we have produced a short video. Please click on the image or visit our YouTube channel to view.
I have worked with Max Communications and the team for some years. In recent work with their Archivematica iteration in the College Archives and Corporate Records Unit, and other digital work required by varying cohorts in Imperial, Max Communications have been responsive, innovative and demonstrated great problem-solving abilities. The Max Communications team, from the top down, is approachable, friendly and keen to help.
An example is in their engagement for some major confidential scanning projects. The projects were discussed, scoped and agreed to a high standard of hand scanning. Benchmarking was agreed to our satisfaction when the project started, with a fast progress time for the work. They provided rapid access to files, including digitising out of sequence, e.g. one such turn around for hand scanning, editing and proofing a large file was within 3 hours. The digital delivery was by secure online transfer, and the hard disks and hard copy delivered securely by courier.
On a lighter note, digitisation of 1960s academic cine film was carried out promptly and to a high standard, such that it can be reshown at a major conference
--Anne Barrett | College Archivist & Corporate Records Manager | Imperial College LondonMax have been a trusted digitisation and solutions partner with King’s College London Archives for more than a decade. They have always undertaken work to a high standard, and on time, and are a friendly team who are ready to help at short notice.
--Dr Geoff Browell | Head of Archives and Research Collections | King’s College LondonMax Communications and the RSA Archive have a successful, long standing working relationship. We have undertaken several digitisation projects together to scan our numerous large sized artworks, prints and diagrams. More recently we successfully migrated to Max’s archive management and digital preservation services, DRYAD and SOTERIA. I cannot fault either the consistent quality of the digitisation or the quality of professional service provided and would recommend, Max Communications, without reservation.
--Eve Watson | Head of Archive | The Royal Society of ArtsMax Communications Ltd conform to ISO9001, ISO27001 and ISO14001 accreditation standards for Quality Management Systems, Information Security Management Systems and Environmental Management Systems respectively. Additionally we have achieved both Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus certification via the government-backed, industry supported scheme run by National Cyber Security Centre.
