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case studies
From the field...nextScan customers speak up.
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NEXTSCAN HELPS PRESERVE AND DISSEMINATE CANADIAN HISTORY
The Library and Archives Canada (LAC) collects and preserves Canada's documentary heritage, and makes it accessible to all Canadians either online or at the Archives headquarters. This heritage includes publications, archival records, sound and audio-visual materials, photographs, artworks, and electronic documents such as websites. As part of its mandate, LAC works closely with other archives and libraries to acquire and share these materials as widely as possible.
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NEXTSCAN HARDWARE AND RIBBON SCANNING TECHNOLOGY ENABLES CREEKSIDE DIGITAL TO CONVERT LOCAL NEWSPAPERS FOR SANTA PAULA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
When the Santa Paula Historical Society decided to convert its microfilm collection of local newspapers to a searchable digital format, President Mary Alice Orcutt Henderson contacted Creekside Digital. Prior to committing to a project, SPHS sent Creekside its oldest and most difficult to read roll of microfilm in the collection, and Creekside provided free samples in order to demonstrate both the quality of the microfilm scans using nextScan equipment....
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NEXTSCAN FACILITATES MICROFILM CONVERSION FOR NATIONAL NEWSPAPER DIGITIZATION IN AUSTRALIA
In the fall of 2006, as part of a collaborative program to locate, collect and preserve every newspaper ever published in Australia, the National Library of Australia (National Library) initiated the Australian Newspapers Digitization Program (ANDP) http://www.nla.gov.au/ndp. The ultimate goal of the Program is to vastly improve access for all Australians to the rich source of Australian documentary history that newspapers provide. Over a period of four years the National Library is working closely with the Australian state and territory libraries to digitize and make available approximately 3.5 million pages of newspaper content.
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Eclipse Scans History Down Under |
Service provider W & F Pascoe Pty Ltd converts Australian historical documents for online availability |
| Founded in 1957, W & F Pascoe Pty Ltd of Sydney began as a specialist in the preservation microfilming of Australian newspapers, periodicals and manuscripts. Initially working with a few newspapers and libraries, Pascoe now works with the majority of major libraries and newspapers in the country. In the last few years, these various organizations, to include the National and State Libraries and the one of the largest newspapers, have expressed the desire to convert this storage medium into digital files that can be made accessible to users online with full-text search. |
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OCLC Chooses nextScan
to Speed Along Their Film Scanning Process! |
| Founded in 1967, OCLC Online Computer Library Center is a nonprofit, membership computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purpose of furthering access to the world’s information and reducing information costs. More than 45,000 libraries in 84 countries and territories around the world use OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend and preserve library materials. OCLC solutions create tangible benefits for nearly every aspect of library management and include cataloging and metadata, collection management, eContent and Digital Collection and Preservation....for more of the story click below. |
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Largest supplier of genealogical data over the web, MyFamily.com, Inc., entrusts the scanning of their
valuable film to nextScan scanners! |
An early leader in making family history available online, MyFamily.com, Inc. features a suite of premium content sites that have over 1.5 million paid subscriptions and more than 10 million people using their web resources every month.
These sites include MyFamily.com, Ancestry.com, Genealogy.com and RootsWeb.com. MyFamily.com has been ranked in the 2003 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 as one of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America, with a growth of 1027% over a five year period...for more of the story click below. |
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iArchives Delivers Conversion Services
Faster Than Ever with nextScan |
| "Our customers are wading in microfilm. Libraries, law firms, insurance, healthcare, genealogy services, government – they all come to us needing their film digitized quickly and made available online, as well as wanting affordability and high image quality. nextScan’s new and innovative rollfilm scanner technology has enabled us to provide a service that allows our customers to stay up to date without a huge backlog of film," said Mr. Zarndt...for more of the story click below. |
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