Visit of the Ttitian Software Developers Team to NLCC
On February 26-27, 2025, the National Library of Chemical Compounds (NLCC) hosted the fourth workshop organized by NLCC and Titian Software. As during previous visits, NLCC was visited by Titian specialists to familiarize themselves with the NLCC infrastructure. The Titian team participating in these workshops are developers of the flagship Mosaic software, which plays an important role in NLCC in managing the library of collected chemical compounds. The aim of the meetings is to exchange knowledge and experience. Titian employees have the opportunity to learn about the IT infrastructure and work environment of NLCC, in which Mosaic software is used, and thanks to this, to direct their work and notice issues that require special attention. For NLCC employees, this is an opportunity to draw on the experience of people who directly create their work tool, which is Mosaic software.
The meeting with developers involved in the Mosaic software update was an opportunity to look at the NLCC infrastructure in terms of effective use of software functionality during the processing of chemical compounds in the Library, managing them and making them available for screening and other biological tests for external users. The joint performance of chemical compounds handling by NLCC staff together with the team of developers allowed for a more comprehensive assessment of NLCC needs in the area of software functionality and the justification for choosing a given version of Mosaic software.
Regular meetings between NLCC and Titian allow for more efficient use of the Mosaic software, which has a number of functionalities that are adapted in NLCC processes depending on the needs that arise with the growth of the collection of compounds. Contact with Ttitian experts is an opportunity for NLCC to learn about best practices in software use and to adapt its functions to the specific needs of the academic library of chemical compounds such as NLCC.
The workshops are also a platform for submitting suggestions for improvements that Titian can include in subsequent versions of the software, as well as methods for integrating the software with automated devices of the sample bank infrastructure such as NLCC. The possibility of direct contact between NLCC employees and other departments of Titian, apart from the support team, allows for a look at the processes carried out using the Mosaic software and the NLCC database managed with it from different points of view.
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