services
digitization
The Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) has expanded its digital imaging services to include high-quality digitization of historic photographs and visual materials with no size limitations.
NEDCC can digitize:
- Photographic prints
- Film negatives
- Lantern slides
- Glass-plate negatives
- Film transparencies
- Documents
- Works of art on paper
- Scrapbooks
- Illustrations in bound volumes
- Fragile / rare bound volumes
- Atlases
- Wall Maps
- Architectural Plans
- Two-dimensional objects such as textiles
NEDCC’s Expanded Digitization Service Features:
- A Sinar camera system can capture RAW files sizes of up to 500 MB.
- Derivatives such as TIFF or JPEG’ s can be created from RAW files.
- Built-in software ensures even illumination over the entire object, eliminating hot spots.
- Distortion-free images are produced using lenses made especially for two-dimensional objects.
- Oversized objects can be digitized on a horizontal surface, reducing the risks posed by hanging delicate objects.
- Long-lasting ink jet prints are created, using archival inks on acid-free paper in a variety of finishes.
Take Advantage of Collaboration Between NEDCC’s Conservation and Imaging Services:
- Conservation treatment, digitization, and traditional reformatting of original materials are performed at the same facility, minimizing the risks of transporting fragile objects.
- NEDCC’s staff has years of experience in the careful handling of valuable historic materials; its facility provides sophisticated security and climate controls.
- NEDCC is a national leader in training on digital preservation and can offer advice on building sustainable digital collections and planning grant projects.
For information on its Digitization Services, contact:
- Victoria Ellis, Director of Imaging Services: 978/470-1010 ext. 227, or
- David Joyall, Technical Photographer: 978/470-1010 ext. 237,