Software for libraries, schools and universities
Library software, from someone who's worked in one.
Latchwork Systems makes software for the shared computers and services that libraries and campuses run every day. Our founder has worked in a large library system for more than ten years, and knows where today's systems make staff, IT and the public work harder than they should.
What we make
Carrel
Pilot openPC reservations and sign-in for shared computers. Time limits, reservations, waitlists and guest passes, with every person's files and browsing cleared at sign-out, so you don't need Deep Freeze or a restart between users.
Coming next
In developmentPrint release and payment, locked-down catalog and sign-up kiosks, and room and equipment booking. All with the same console, portal and sign-in as Carrel, so there's one system for staff to learn.
Built from the inside
Latchwork's founder has spent more than ten years in a large library system, working alongside the staff who run public computers and services and the IT teams who keep them going. That's where our priorities come from:
Staff time comes first
Fewer tickets, fewer workarounds, and nothing that needs a server administrator to keep running.
Privacy by default
Store as little as possible about the public, and delete it on a schedule the library controls.
It has to keep working
When the network or the library system goes down, the doors are still open. Our software keeps going and catches up later.
Everyone can use it
Designed for WCAG 2.2 AA, with keyboard and screen reader support from the start.
Tell us what's slowing your staff down
We're working with a small group of pilot libraries and campuses. If shared computers, printing or reservations take more of your time than they should, we'd like to hear about it.
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