Manu was developed at the ACS Technology Center. The development of the initial 1.0 code was done by participants in the 2005 ACS Software Engineering Internship.
Manu is designed by and for small colleges; it seeks to be a solution appropriate for use in small colleges and small college libraries and so offers the most common services required for manuscript archiving and publication while attempting to manage the amount of configuration, overhead and complexity of what is inherently difficult and complex. To help ensure forward compatibility and interoperability, Manu uses standard, and widely-used formats for data storage (like TEI).
Many graciously gave their time and expertise to help us better understand TEI, archival concerns, and other issues related to this project. We would like to thank these individuals in particular:
All Lucy Larcom manuscripts used as examples in this application are provided courtesy of the Marion B. Gebbie Archives & Special Collections, Madeleine Clark Wallace Library, Wheaton College, Norton, MA (Lucy Larcom Collection MC 086).