Institutional Services

The digital age has taken over all aspects of business and procedures including those of institutions. These technologocial advances enable institutions to reduce costs and improve efficiencies by employing centralized databases, online services, mobile apps, and other specialized electronic enhancements to the benefit of their internal staffs as well as the patients, students, and customers that frequently use their services. at DCL, we help our clients bridge the gap between antiquated processes and the latest technology. We offer data conversion services for a wide array of institutional clientele, such as:

• Hospitals and medical — patient records, medical research, drug information, doctors' records, reference materials, and publications
• Libraries — Public, academic, corporate govermental, research, and special library collections and repositories
• Museums — Archives, libraries, special collections, and records-keeping
• Universities — Archives, libraries, databases, student records, bookkeeping, and curriculum management

DCL is adept at working with archival and unique projects including special handling techniques required for rare fragile documents. We convert from paper, microform, CD, or electronic formats to deliver fully-tagged and searchable files in conformance with a wide variety of standard DTDs, including XML, HTML, TEI-Lite, or proprietary specifications. DCL offers expertise in creating images (TIFF, jpeg, PDFs, etc.) and cleaning up and resizing existing ones. We also are skilled in the creation and extraction of metadata, and we produce MARC records quickly and economically. DCL provides the highest quality standard in the industry, delivering projects with an accuracy rate as high as 99.997%.

The collection and document conversion choices faced by today's institutions are numerous, varied, and complex. DCL addresses these challenges backed by more than three decades of experience. We are attuned to the special requirements central to sensitive conversions, and adapt our capabilities to fit each project's requirements. We work closely with each institution to develop the correct methodology to produce extremely accurate and easily-accessible database files that will best serve its individual community and the institutional world at large.

DCL converts every type of information from all major word processing, typesetting, document formats ...and paper. We create XML, SGML, HTML, and all other structured formats. Our services include:

• Adaptable software to support recurring data streams and content reuse
• Content Harmonization software to identify reusable text across large content collections
• Expertise with both structural and content-based DTDs and a wide variety of DTDs and schemas
• Expertise with DITA, S1000D, OeB, and other specialized DTDs
• Legacy conversion of paper, PDF, and electronic source formats to SGML/XML
• Management of large-scale, multi-vendor conversions
• Simultaneous conversion to multiple DTDs and schemas
• Upgrading SGML and XML to new enhanced schemas and DTDs

DCL employs a US-based project management team and maintains long-term strategic relationships with facilities on four continents providing support services for high-volume data-entry and data-processing services. Our familiarity with the complex technical documentation typically characterized by elaborate tables, equations, cross-referencing, special characters, footnotes and atypical imaging requirements ensures that no project is beyond our capabilities. DCL's data harmonization software eliminates duplication and identifies near duplicates in archives of letters, allowing experts to create a standardized response system for future letters. DCL can adapt and modify its proprietary software to manage any data set, using an automated approach to produce an uncompromisingly consistent end product. With DCL's extensive project management and quality control, you don't expend internal resources to fix the data later. We get it right ...every time.