Our Discover America’s Story team is just back from the NNA Convention in St. Charles – it was a great opportunity for us to introduce our program to a large number of newspaper publishers. It was well received – after all, the program is designed specifically to help small town and community newspaper publishers generate new revenue they can use for archive digitization. The response to the program was terrific and were excited to have already heard from attendees this week.
One question that came up over and over again is about how we scan bound volume archives. Publishers told us repeatedly that they had previously looked into digitizing their books but were told the volumes would need to be cut apart. A couple of publishers said they hired a scanning company that returned the bound volumes in pieces – or as they told us, “in body bags.” It was heartbreaking to hear especially knowing, as we do, that taking the books apart is, in most cases, entirely unnecessary.
Our program creates beautiful scans from bound volumes without ever taking the volumes apart. Our scanners specialize in book scanning and are experts in handling delicate and fragile newspapers. The entire process handles the historic papers with care – they are shipped in military grade, secure containers, get the white glove treatment when they get to the scanning center, are safely scanned and returned intact to the publisher.
Check out the program today – take a look at the papers we’ve scanned that now have their archives hosted on our site for people to search and explore for free. Contact us if you have questions about our scanning program or just want to learn more about the process. If you attended NNA, remember to ask about our special convention offer.
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