Document Archive and Access System (DAAS)
Document archive used across CSU campuses. Scanned and born-digital records get filed, indexed, and retrieved from one place instead of filing cabinets.
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Hi, I’m Richard Ayuyang
I teach. I do research. I build. I find solutions.
I'm a professor at Cagayan State University – Gonzaga. Over the years I've built and looked after systems for the campus and for the local municipal government — learning management, document routing, a library catalog, file sharing — self-hosted, on open-source software.
What I Do
I teach IT at Cagayan State University – Gonzaga Campus and look after the systems side of the campus: the learning platform, document routing, the library catalog, file storage. Most of it exists because a paper process became a problem worth solving.
This site is where I document that work — the projects themselves, the research that comes out of them, and notes on what I learn keeping everything running.
Selected Work
Online Document Management System (ODMS)
Document routing for CSU-Gonzaga: memos and requests move between offices with a tracked status instead of a logbook.
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Koha Library Cataloging System
Koha ILS for the CSU-Gonzaga library — catalog, circulation, and OPAC, replacing card-based records.
Project detailsTechnical Expertise
- Linux Administration
- Ubuntu and Debian server deployment, configuration, and maintenance
- Learning Management
- Moodle LMS deployment and administration across multiple campuses
- Self-hosted file sharing
- Nextcloud, run on campus hardware instead of paid cloud storage
- Web servers
- Nginx and Apache configuration, reverse proxying, and TLS
- Database Management
- MariaDB administration, backup strategies, and performance tuning
- Infrastructure Security
- Secure on-premise infrastructure design for universities and LGUs
Work for the local government
Some of the university work carried over to the town next door: the same document-management approach, the same self-hosted setup.
- Municipality of Gonzaga Website
- Developed and maintain gonzaga.gov.ph, the municipality's official website, customized for LGU Gonzaga.
gonzaga.gov.ph - LGU Document Management
- Deployed a document management system (LDMS) for the municipal offices, so records are filed and retrieved digitally rather than on paper.
ldms.gonzaga.gov.ph - Multi-Campus LMS
- Installed and maintained LENS, the Moodle-based learning platform used across CSU campuses.
My Approach
Low running cost. No license fees and no subscriptions. If a system dies, we can rebuild it from config and backups.
Data stays on-site. Student and government records sit on servers we run, not a third party's — which also keeps us on the right side of the Data Privacy Act.
No lock-in. Standard formats and open-source software, so the next administrator can take over without buying anything.
Written down. Each deployment gets documentation so the system survives me being away.
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