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Hi Joon,

I think that, if your goals are tied to your principles, you might
reconsider cobbling together a few open source options, which is what many
of the folks on this list are involved with.

Thanks,

Cary Gordon, MLS & known open source resource cobbler

On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 6:31 AM Joon Powell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi Code4lib community!
>
> I'm an archival consultant contracting with the Highlander Research &
> Education Center, a non-profit in East Tennessee, which works
> to uplift social justice movements in Appalachia and the south.
>
> Highlander's beautiful library is shopping for an ILS which can accomplish
> 3 major things:
>
>    - cataloging for published materials
>    - publish finding aids for archival materials
>    - provide a DAMS for digital collections
>
> We'd like to support businesses owned by people of color, or people who
> identify as women or LGBTQ. We'd also like to avoid companies that
> sub-contract with big companies such as Amazon.
>
> Can you help me find such a product? I realize we could cobble together a
> few open source options, but we'd really like to work with a single company
> and have all the tech support we need!
>
> Thank you!
> Joon Powell
>


-- 
Cary Gordon
The Cherry Hill Company
http://chillco.com