Why not increase access to your archive and special collections by digitising the photographic images on your microfilms?

Like most archivists, your collections will include materials, ranging from individual items to complete fonds, which have been microfilmed in the past, be it for preservation purposes or in response to requests from researchers.

Scanning from existing microfilm reels or microfiches offers a rapid, cost-effective means to acquire high-quality images, boosting your digital store of core heritage materials and making them accessible not only to academics, but even enabling their integration into taught courses as never before.

Key features of our microform digitisation service include:

• Greyscale or bi-tonal images up to a resolution of 400 dpi
• Choice of formats (TIFF, JPG, PDF, etc.) to suit requirements
• Cropping and de-skewing, both automated and manual
• Full-text OCR of print and typescript documents
• Customised copyright statements in headers, footers, etc.
• Individual or multi-page files indexed, for example, by date

The Technology

With the acquisition of 3 Sunrise Microfilm Scanners, Microform has greatly increased its microfilm scanning capabilities. The S3000 can scan at speeds of upto 350 pages per minute, and can output in greyscale and black/white simultaneously. This latest version of this technology is acknowledged by the industry as the market leader. Using this equipment, we can offer fast turnarounds with high quality imaging.