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Document and File Scanning - Oxford's most professional Bureau

We are currently working on a large order with Blue Cross.  Pets are at the heart of everything they do. Each year, thousands of cats, dogs, small pets, and horses turn up to their animal hospitals, clinics and rehoming services for treatment and to find them the happy homes they deserve.   The Blue Cross Education and Behaviour Teams prepare future pet owners to take responsibility and look after their pets for life. Our book, magazine and document scanning services are highly recommended by leading companies. If you wish to discuss a project, please do email cheryl@oxfordduplicationcentre.com or call 01865 457000. Book Scanning – Digitisation of books and delicate items This order required 2 different types of digitising. The first was destructive magazine scanning, whereby we trim the bound edge and convert using our fast batch scanners. With our state-of-the-art scanning bureau, we digitised their complete archive of magazines and books, backdated to severa...

Digitising Large Archives - And Is It Worth It?

  HOW TO DIGITISE YOUR ARCHIVE   Whether you’re a publisher , a library , corporate or private client , you almost certainly have hundreds, if not thousands, of historic archives that are hugely valuable , that require digitising to help preserve historical content or to build an online platform for viewing.      Digitising an archive to make works available online sounds easy, but the reality of finding, transporting, scanning, refining, and organising large collections of historical publications is anything but.  De livering a digital archive is full of surprises:   “ Whilst working with aged, related archives, it is impossible to truly know what to expect when we start preparing the digitisation.  We need to be aware of all eventualities with old media . ”   Cheryl-Lee Foulsham – Director Oxford Duplication Centre   1 . DON’T GO IT ALONE ; TRUSTING YOUR DIGITISATION COMPANY WITH YOUR ARCHIVE   One of the most complex proj...