Build Sites with Ease
- Intuitive, out-of-the-box platform with no need for specialist knowledge
- Utilizes a secure and scalable cloud-based hosting solution
- Multiple websites can be published from a single Quartex instance
Enhance Search
- The only platform with built-in Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR), making manuscripts searchable – now including in-platform generation of editable HTR transcription
- Auto-generation of searchable timecoded transcription and closed captions for A/V content
- In-platform generation of editable OCR transcription
Promote Discovery
- Support for custom metadata schemas and controlled vocabulary management
- In-platform cataloguing and batch edit functionality
- OAI-PMH compliance allows metadata harvesting to and from Quartex
Display Your Content
- Supports all common image formats as well as audio and video files
- Bulk upload of content through ftp or bespoke QU desktop app
- Support of the IIIF image API and an option to use the IIIF-compliant Mirador image viewer
Create Digital Exhibitions
- Curate asset displays in slideshow format
- Microsites can be published temporarily and feature their own unique branding
- Many options for presentation of contextual information
Publish Accessible Websites
- Site navigation, colours, fonts, logos and banner images are all fully customizable
- Responsive front-end design for mobile and tablet views
- Consult with us on meeting WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards
Latest News
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The Media Library in My Sites, Quartex’s front-end site-builder, is the main focus of the latest platform release.
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Guest Blog: Launching a Digital Collection: The Making of a Metadata Model for Digital Resources
In the next instalment of his guest blog, Zachary Bodnar, Archivist at the Congregational Library & Archives (CLA), talks about the creation of a custom metadata schema for digital objects being ingested into Quartex.
"The flexibility in metadata creation Quartex offers is amazing."
