Text is fundamental, but it is not simple. Text in the Humanities is layered, marked up, translated, fragmented, collated, and linked. The ways text has been recorded and produced over the centuries changes, and the questions we ask these texts change, too.

Image data is commonly a facsimile of a real-world object such as a painting, a photograph, or an ancient manuscript. Libraries use high-resolution scanners to digitize these objects, and we use specialized viewers to deliver deeply zoomed images of text that are flexible and annotatable.

Structured data, unstructured data, metadata. There are myriad ways to describe the people, places, and events of the past. There are also many ways to describe and reference the primary sources scholars use to do their work.

The world is full of layered complexity and linked history. Bringing together information from texts and structured data onto maps can be a powerful way to communicate ideas about the past, present, and our future.

When a critical edition is published or a book is pulled off the shelf, that text’s life is just beginning. Marginal, inline commentary superimposed on text and images can be a powerful mechanism for learning and communicating with other scholars.

We craft state-of-the-art interfaces for filtering, refining, saving and sharing a search, viewing results, and allowing users to create and annotate personal collections for research and presentation, teaching, and learning.