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“The proof is in the pudding.” This early 14th century adage still rings true and on this page, Crowley clients do the talking. From religion to politics, universities to governments, Presidents to Holocaust survivors, paper to glass plates and so much more, the archival and business applications using Crowley digitization services, scanners and other capture hardware and software is as diverse as the media types captured.
The following case studies, quick studies and blog posts represent a wide sampling of Crowley clientele.
Digitization Services Case Studies
23,400+ Miles of Microfilm: Crowley Scans Social Security Records
Project: Microfilm digitization of social security forms and documents
Primary media: Acetate- and polyester-based film reels, including microfilm deteriorating from vinegar syndrome
Volume: 1.2 million reels of microfilm averaging three billion images processed in two years
Microfilm Digitization Project Enhances Primerica Efficiency, Customer Service
Project: Microfilm backfile digitization while accommodating real-time record pulls
Primary media: 16 mm, 215′ rolls of microfilm
Volume: 60,000+ rolls averaging 12,500,000 images processed weekly
Archival Digitization of 40 Million Cards
Project: Digitization of paper documents of varying age, size and density
Primary media: Archival documents and cards dating from 1800’s
Volume: 40 million documents in less than four years
George Washington and Franklin Delano
Roosevelt Presidential Libraries
Projects: Digitization of historic Presidential records for preservation and online access
Primary media: Microfilm; Bound volumes
Volume: 350,000+ images
Harvard Divinity School
Andover-Harvard Theological Library
Project: Digitized Records of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)
Primary media: Documents (handwritten, onion-skin, printed); photographs
Volume: Approximately 300,000 images
Time Inc.
Project: LIFE Photo Archive
Primary media: Photographic negatives
Volume: Approximately 10M images
The Smithsonian Archives of American Art
Project: A combination of capture hardware and digitization services for various collections in the world’s largest repository of American art history
Primary media: Print, photographic and other media
Volume: 1.5M+ images
The Carroll County (Md.) Public Library
Project: Digitization of the Carroll County Times newspaper (1933-2009) for hosting to an online archive
Primary media: Microfilm
Volume: 300,000+ images
Maryland Historical Society
Project: The Hilgenberg Archive
Primary media: Bound-book and loose sheet newspapers and 35 mm microfilm
Volume: Approximately 50,000 pages/images
Daughters of the American Revolution
Project: Digitization of membership records
Primary media: Bound-book, loose sheet and microfiche
Volume: 1.2M images
Society for the Preservation of Hebrew Books
Project: Rare works collection (Friedberg/Ryzman)
Primary media: Bound books
Volume: Approximately 1M images
Smalltown Papers, Inc.
Project: Newspaper digitization
Primary media: Fragile, bound and loose newspapers
Volume: 40M pages
Chancery Records Index
Project: Court records digitization
Primary media: Paper collections dating back to the mid-1800’s
Volume: 5M images
Digitization Product Case Studies
Abraham Lincoln: Preserving the History of
an Iconic American Leader
Client: The Papers of Abraham Lincoln
Scanner Purchase: (2) Zeutschel A2-sized overhead scanners
Primary media: Large amounts of historic mid-19th century bound and over-sized materials
Archives of American Art
Client: Smithsonian Institution
Scanner Purchase: Multiple Mekel Technology and Zeutschel overhead book scanners
Primary media: 1.5M+ images from print, photographic and other media
Boston Symphony Orchestra Uses UScan+ Technology
Client: The Boston Symphony Orchestra
Scanner purchase: UScan+ universal microfilm scanner
Primary media: BSO archives dating from 1881 including scrapbooks, letters, photos, programs and microfilm
Corporate Archives of Major Food Producer
Client: A leading U.S. food producer
Scanner purchase: UScan+ universal microfilm scanner
Primary media: Engineering drawings and legacy documents from microfilm
Danish Newspapers Travel the Globe without Leaving Home
Client: Ninestars Information Technologies Pvt. Ltd
Scanner purchase: Mekel Technology MACH-series microfilm scanners/Quantum software
Primary media: 32+ million newspaper images from 35mm microfilm
EDMS Installation Enhances State Engineers Office
Client: Wyoming State Engineers Office
Scanner purchase: Mekel Technology MACH-series microfilm, microfiche and aperture scanners; Zeutschel overhead book scanner; InoTec document scanner; Zeutschel OP-series archive writer
Primary media: Millions of engineering drawings and documents
Hospital Records Flow with InoTec Efficiency
Client: St. Augustine Gelsenkirchen GmbH
Scanner purchase: Multiple InoTec 400-series document scanners
Primary media: Medical records, mail and x-rays
National Archives Standards Impetus
for Zeutschel Book Scanner
Client: U.S. National Archives & Records Administration
Scanner purchase: Multiple Zeutschel, Mekel Technology and Wicks and Wilson scanners
Primary media: Government and cultural archives of still media
One Man. One Machine. 26 Million+ Newspaper Images.
Client: Tom Tryniski
Scanner purchase: Wicks and Wilson 8850
Primary media: Microfilmed newspapers
Royal Library Newspaper Digitization
Client: Royal Library of the Netherlands in The Hague
Scanner purchase: Zeutschel OS 14000 overhead book scanners
Primary media: 8M newspaper pages spanning 400 years
Tech Roots Blog: Image Processing Pipeline
Client: Ancestry.com
Scanner Purchase: Multiple Crowley, InoTec and Mekel Technology brand scanners
Primary media: This blog series deals specifically with microfilm production scanning
University Library Patron Services Enhanced with Book Scanners
Client: University Library of Regensburg
Scanner Purchase: (16) Zeutschel zeta comfort patron book scanners
Primary media: Scanning of books and other bound and flat library resources
Zeutschel Bookcopies Ease Student and Faculty Research While Encouraging Green Practice and Economy
Client: A North Carolina University
Scanner Purchase: (7) Zeutschel zeta comfort patron book scanners
Primary media: Scanning of books and other bound and flat library resources
Quick Studies
Society for the Preservation of Hebrew Books
Project: Rare works collection (friedberg/Ryzman)
Primary media: Bound Books
Volume: Approximately 1M images
Daughters of the American Revolution
Project: Digitization of membership records
Primary media: Bound-book, loose sheet and microfiche
Volume: 1.2M images
Maryland Historical Society
Project: The Hilgenberg Archive
Primary media: Bound-book and loose sheet newspapers and 35mm microfilm
Volume: Approximately 50,000 pages/images
Chancery Records Index
Project: Converting historical content from the 19 localities in Virginia to include Chancery Cases and related documentation.
Primary Media: Court papers
Volume: 3M+ images
SmallTownPapers, Inc.
Project: Digitize a portion of archives dating back more than 80 years.
Primary Media: Bound-books
Volume: More than 2M pages
Blog Posts
We invite you to scroll through the blog posts below to learn about the wide range of digitization services, scanners and education that Crowley offers as part of the imaging community.
If you’re specifically seeking digitization product posts, click here; for digitization services posts, click here.
- Honoring A Legacy: Celebrating 50 Years of Mekel Technology September 26, 2024You might expect a company in the business of preservation to have an extensive archive of its own history. Surprisingly, that’s not always the case. As Mekel Technology, a Crowley ...Read More
- Preserving Voices: Digitizing Howard University’s Historic Black Newspaper Collection March 16, 2024In a landmark move that bridges the past and present, Howard University, through its Moorland-Spingarn Research Center (MSRC) and in collaboration with Howard’s Center for Journalism and Democracy, has embarked on ...Read More
- Mount Vernon’s Digital Decade:
10 Years of Scanning Projects with The Crowley Company January 8, 2024Nearly 10 years after The Crowley Company’s (Crowley) original blog on digitizing collections with George Washington’s Mount Vernon, the two institutions continue to share the legacy of George and Martha ...Read More - Innovating Tradition: Belmont University’s Special Collections Digitization November 8, 2023Belmont University Scans School and Alumni History using the Zeutschel OS C Book Scanner Established in 1890 in the heart of Nashville, Tennessee, Belmont University began providing women with not just ...Read More
- A Very “OK” Newspaper
Scanning Project October 12, 2023Oklahoma Historical Society Makes Historic Microfilmed Newspapers Accessible Online In the heartland of America, where rugged landscapes meet resilient people, the diverse stories of Oklahoma are now made accessible through digital ...Read More - A Call from the Past: Embracing the History and Future of Aperture Card Scanners August 14, 2023It all started when I received a voice message from Walter (Walt) Spicer, a former records management professional from Napa, California. In his short (but informative) message, he told me ...Read More
- Overhead Scanners are Irreplaceable for Document Digitization July 20, 2023The following blog was originally posted by Zeutschel GmbH and is reposted with permission. Scanning services providers are currently facing major challenges. More and more projects require the parallel processing of ...Read More
- Meet Kitty Lamberger, Digitization Road Warrior October 11, 2022Crowley’s Onsite Scanning Services Enhance Client Comfort While Providing Valuable Life Experience If you’re a regular reader, you’ll know that this blog typically features individuals who are of historic importance and/or ...Read More
- Savoy Archive: Leading the Digitization Pack with the Zeutschel OS Q0 July 19, 2022The following blog, authored by Marquet Nuria at the Département Savoie, is reposted with permission. The Département Savoie (Savoy) is located in Chambéry, France and employs the Zeutschel OS Q0 ...Read More
- New Zeutschel Scanners Debut June 7, 2022Zeutschel’s latest capture systems – the OS A and OS C – made their world premier and will debut in the U.S. on June 24th at the ALA Annual Conference ...Read More
- Wild, Wonderful and Well-Documented May 5, 2022Scanning West Virginia Land Records with the Zeutschel 12000 Wild, wonderful West Virginia. For me, these words ring very true. Harpers Ferry has become one of my favorite places to visit in ...Read More
- Zeutschel GmbH Celebrates 60 Years in the Digitization Field April 12, 2022The Crowley Company’s longtime partner, Zeutschel GmbH, celebrated their 60th year in business in December 2021. The following blog, written by Zetuschel, is reposted with permission and details their growth ...Read More
- Any Big Deals Cooking? March 18, 2022A Tribute to Joan Crowley, Crowley’s Unofficial Queen When I first met “Mrs. Crowley” (it took me a while to call her Joan, although she insisted from our very first meeting), ...Read More
- Achieve Measurable Quality Standards for Document Digitization with InoTec March 3, 2022The below has been translated and edited by The Crowley Company from a March 2021 interview with Postmaster Magazine* and re-posted with permission from InoTec GmbH. The Crowley Company has ...Read More
- Zeutschel 12002 Scanner Enhances Milton Public Library’s Local History Resources February 16, 2022Over the past 160 years, the Milton Public Library has evolved from a small mechanics’ institute which served 29 members to a bustling public library network which now serves one ...Read More
- “If We Don’t Preserve It,
There’s No Other Resource” February 1, 2022The Rochester Museum & Science Center Ensures Local Black History Will Always Have a Voice Where to start? With the late Howard W. Coles, a Rochester, New York journalist, author, publisher, broadcaster, ...Read More - Christmas: A Tale of Two Censuses December 21, 2021A Once in a Lifetime Records Opportunity: Scanning the 1921 Census of England and Wales Regardless of how you celebrate the holidays, did it ever occur to you that the very ...Read More
- Digitization Champions:
Recapping #AmericanArchivesMonth November 3, 2021As the crisp autumn air changes into a frosty winter breeze, I must accept that “spooky season” is over and with it ends Crowley’s daily #AmericanArchivesMonth social media shout-outs to ...Read More - Digitized Diaries Bring Arkansan Icon to Life October 26, 2021Oh, the lure of a diary. As an avid reader and writer, I’ve often tried to keep one. As a procrastinator and control freak, I don’t make it beyond a week. ...Read More
- Making Moves: Pennsylvania State Archives Digitizes Collections, Preps for New Archive Space October 20, 2021Moving is a stressful proposition. It can be even more demanding when you’re tasked with moving a massive archival collection…in the middle of a pandemic…with looming deadlines. Talk about stress! ...Read More
- Digitized Oral History Puts Control Back in the Hands of Native Communities October 13, 2021Working for a digitization company that focuses primarily on still media, it’s easy to forget that not all records are written down or photographed. In Native American cultures, oral traditions ...Read More
- Things to Bear in Mind When Selecting a Book Scanner September 16, 2021Zeutschel White Paper Offers Technical Considerations for Book Scanner Purchasers From choosing the right book scanning method to choosing the right book scanner, The Crowley Company’s blog posts have covered multiple ...Read More
- Mekel Scanner Production
is Right on Time September 7, 2021First the bad news. “Remember how you couldn’t get toilet paper a year ago? It is the same with microchips right now.” Now the good news. “Our production for this year is on ...Read More - Preserving Legacies: Baylor University and the Zeutschel ScanStudio August 25, 2021Beyond the fountain of youth or the holy grail, digitization is one of the best tools for fighting mortality. If this seems like an overly romantic train of thought, it ...Read More
- Zeutschel Ps and Qs at Maine State Library August 16, 2021The Zeutschel OS Q Scanner adds Production Capabilities to Maine State Library’s Digital Preservation Program A few weeks past, The Crowley Company hosted a series of well-attended Zeutschel OS Q online ...Read More
- Access Granted: Five Ways Crowley Supports Your Digitization Grant Process May 14, 2021I’m slightly embarrassed to admit that I’m a bad shopper. Starting in my early years of stalking the Barbie aisle for what felt like hours when my grandma would generously ...Read More
- And…Action! May 6, 2021The great thing about being in marketing and PR for The Crowley Company is that there are a thousand stories to tell. The bad thing about being in marketing and ...Read More
- Want to Get Into the Final Four? Work with Crowley… March 31, 2021We’re wrapping up March with a trip to the Final Four (four of the most coveted positions in the NCAA Division 1 single-elimination men’s basketball tournament). Along the way, we ...Read More
- Digitized Newspapers A Gift to Maryland Communities March 25, 2021Chronicled History from 1879 to 2008 Now Available Online Today is Maryland Day, a day that commemorates the formal founding of the colony of Maryland in 1634. As we’re reminded in this ...Read More
- Hello Zeutschel OS Q (and Farewell to the OS 14000) March 15, 2021After 12 years on the market, the last of a first-of-its-kind archival scanner retires to make way for the next generation This month, the last Zeutschel OS 14000 large format overhead scanner left ...Read More
- Seven Miles, 500 Years of Stories: Jekyll Island History Preserved through Map and Blueprint Scanning February 26, 2021From native hunting land to illegal slave port to millionaires playground to family vacation destination, the coastal beaches and blooming land of Jekyll Island, Georgia have drastically transformed over the ...Read More
- Archiving Washington: The People’s Archive Creates Accessible D.C. History January 19, 2021Timing is a funny thing. After learning about the journey of The People’s Archive (originally known as the Special Collections department of the DC Public Library) and their mission to ...Read More
- Colleen’s Crew(boat):
A Crowley Christmas Story December 15, 2020December 2021 Update: Colleen’s Crew(boat) is back in the water and sporting a few updates thanks to the dedicated volunteer team mentioned below. You can see it “live” on YouTube ...Read More - Digitizing Scientific Research at The Rockefeller Archive Center November 30, 2020If there is anything that life and Christopher Nolan movies has taught me, it is that there are no absolute heroes; even the most exemplar person has faults and the ...Read More
- New Digitisation Scanner, a First in Africa October 9, 2020The University of Cape Town’s Digital Library Services Adds 100MP Zeutschel ScanStudio to Offerings The following blog, authored by Carmen Louw and featuring the Zeutschel ScanStudio, has been reposted with permission ...Read More
- Quantum Software Allows Historic New York Microfilm Newspaper Scanning Project to Continue Amid Pandemic August 12, 2020When time is seemingly standing still (quarantine blues, anyone?) yet moving so fast (how is it August already?!), there is not much else to do but start a project you ...Read More
- How to Clean Your Book Scanner June 11, 2020Welcome back! As the world slowly returns to its new normal, your questions to our tech team have let us know that many of you are delving back into your ...Read More
- U.K. Service Bureau Has
20-Year-Success with
Wicks and Wilson Scanners May 14, 2020Last week – in a peak moment of quarantine boredom – I participated in a random online survey of English fashion brands. Although I was unfamiliar with most of the ...Read More - Who Runs the World? Junior League of Washington Preserves 107 Years of Women’s History April 2, 2020Care Through Action, Junior League of Washington Preserves Women’s History I’ve been stealing my older sister’s belongings since birth. From clothes to shoes, ideas to dance moves, I “borrowed” everything from ...Read More
- Business as Usual in an Unusual World March 17, 2020Whether you’re on the “abundance of caution” or the “this is crazy town” ends of the spectrum, the fact is that for the immediate future the COVID-19 virus infection has ...Read More
- Cheers to 40 Years! February 3, 2020On Saturday, February 1st, The Crowley Company (Crowley) marked its 40th anniversary since incorporation. I think our founder, Jerry Crowley, would be quite proud – and perhaps a little surprised – at ...Read More
- Class Action Digitization December 10, 2019Special Collections Give Access to Tobacco, Drug, Chemical, Food and Fossil Fuel Industry Documents A library is a library is a library, right? You might be interested to know that ...Read More
- Legends of Dutchess County, NY: Digitized Ancient Documents Awaken Stories of the Past November 7, 2019In August 1759, Cornelius Jansen, an enslaved man, presented manumission papers to a Dutchess County court hoping the words would compel the court to grant his freedom from slavery. What ...Read More
- Patrick Hill’s Digitization Playbook September 5, 2019Vince Lombardi. Coach from Cheers. Patrick Hill. What do these people have in common? They’re born to coach a team (or, in the case of Cheers, a bar full of Bostonians. ...Read More
- From Gunsight Cameras to Microfilm Scanners to Whatever’s Next: Mekel Technology plays on for nearly 50 years August 1, 2019You’re channel surfing and a movie catches your attention. You’ve missed the beginning but you pick up enough to be thoroughly engaged and end up watching the whole thing. Ever ...Read More
- It’s MayDay: Are Your Archives Safe? May 1, 2019Search “May Day” on the internet and you’ll find descriptions of centuries of Spring celebrations (including a peculiar little outdoor soiree where cattle had to jump over fire to protect ...Read More
- Recycling Microfilm April 19, 2019A few months ago, a university library staff member emailed The Crowley Company to ask if we had information about the recycling or safe disposal of microform (microfilm, microfiche, aperture ...Read More
- MIND THE GAP: The MACH Mini Scanner fills a Void in Microfilm Capture March 28, 2019“Please mind the gap.” If you’ve ever been to London and taken the Tube – England’s version of New York’s Subway, Chicago’s “L” or Washington, DC’s and Los Angeles’ Metro – ...Read More
- Archiving “The Greatest”: Digitizing Rare History for the Muhammad Ali Center February 27, 2019In a time when the civil rights movement was at its peak and racial divides spread deep and wide, one African American teen and eleven established white businessmen joined together ...Read More
- Presidential Material? February 14, 2019Like many of us, I had a home office that was out of control. Making good on one of my New Year’s resolutions – pretty much a first for me ...Read More
- Small Changes, Big Impact: Discover the Next Generation zeta Book Scanner February 1, 2019This week, Zeutschel – Crowley’s longtime distribution partner based in Tübingen, Germany – announced the next generation of the zeta walk-up book scanner. While the new zeta remains true to the ...Read More
- Hard Head, Soft Heart: The Legacy of Chris Crowley December 13, 2018With heavy hearts, we said our final goodbyes this past Friday to the longtime president and co-owner of our company. It became quickly evident over the course of the week between ...Read More
- The Gift of Digitization November 30, 2018With Thanksgiving under my belt (in more ways than one), I’m jumping into the holiday season with two feet. For myself and others across the globe, the next few weeks ...Read More
- Happy (T)Hanksgiving, Part Six November 21, 2018Aw, just look at our sweet Hank. In November 2013, Cassie Hahn, an 11-year veteran of the Crowley administrative team, brought in her roly-poly English bulldog pup with more wrinkles than ...Read More
- Celebrating American Archives October 11, 2018October is officially American Archives month and we’ve been so busy with the day-to-day of digitizing collections, pairing scanners to end-users and attending trade shows that we find the month ...Read More
- Forever Young: Preserving Oak Hill Cemetery Lot and Stereoscopic Cards through Digitization October 3, 2018Cemeteries have so much more to offer than just an eternal resting place. They provide insight into history, reveal family ties long forgotten, remind us of the importance of “the ...Read More
- Endless Love: Digitizing the Herbst Love Letters September 7, 2018A Tale of Preservation and Family in Honor of National Grandparent’s Day. The letters of Gene and Margaret (Maggie) Herbst have traveled far and wide in the name of love. Through 250 ...Read More
- Celebrating Chip Clark: Digitizing Natural History’s Famed Photographer August 20, 2018Today would have been Chip Clark’s 71st birthday. Born on August 20, 1947, his name will bring a smile to, or ring a bell with, anyone in the world of ...Read More
- Digital Touchdown! Digitizing the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Microform Archive August 2, 2018This week marks the beginning of the National Football League’s 99th season. With preseason kicking off Thursday night in Canton, OH and the 2018 Pro Football Hall of Fame (HOF) Enshrinement ...Read More
- Celebrating Alastair July 25, 2018Wicks and Wilson Purchasing Manager Retires with 35 Years Alastair Fitzroy Blair has worked for Wicks and Wilson since January 31, 1983. This Friday, on July 27th, he will wrap up ...Read More
- Digitized Court Records Increase Efficiency and Access July 11, 2018Court trials have long been a topic of public fascination in America starting with the first recorded murder trial on U.S. soil in 1800 and, more recently, in true crime documentaries like Making ...Read More
- Raiders of the (Not So Lost) “Ark”ives: Digitizing Religious Archives June 15, 2018As I was preparing for Crowley’s appearance at this week’s annual American Theological Library Association Conference (ATLA), I realized that everything I know about religious archives comes from Indiana Jones’ ...Read More
- Alexander Hamilton: The Man, The Musical, The Microfilm June 7, 2018This Sunday, the 72nd Annual Tony Awards will recognize achievement in Broadway productions during the past season. Although it’s been two years since “Hamilton: An American Musical” stormed the stage, ...Read More
- What the FADGI %*#&!? Part Three: Selecting Equipment to Achieve FADGI Compliance May 21, 2018Part One (Understanding Basics) and Part Two (Is FADGI for Everyone?) of our FADGI blog series have laid the groundwork for this final piece of the puzzle – understanding the ...Read More
- What the FADGI %*#&!? Part Two: Is FADGI for Everyone? April 6, 2018Lesson from my parents: Just because it’s cool doesn’t make it right. As a teen, this advice was definitely not well-received. A few decades removed, I can more appreciate the sentiment ...Read More
- What the FADGI %*#&!? (Part One: Understanding Basics) March 20, 2018March Madness may be the talk of the water cooler this week, but we’ve bigger fish to fry in the imaging world (subliminal Lenten reference). One of today’s hottest topics ...Read More
- Olympic Lineup: New UScan+ UF-Series Offers More Options for Microfilm Reader Printer Replacements March 1, 2018I didn’t realize the importance I placed on the Olympics until Pyeongchang 2018 began seeping into my subconscious thoughts far beyond prime time hours. When Crowley unveiled the latest model ...Read More
- Digitizing The Reporter: Archives of Akron’s Only African American Newspaper Online February 16, 2018Each February, Crowley highlights a digitization project that has bearing on Black History Month. Today we feature the newspaper digitization of The Reporter, which has been documenting the African American community ...Read More
- It’s Been Quite A Week: Scanners, Trade Shows, Giveaways, Authors and Features February 8, 2018This has been one of those weeks where Monday felt like Thursday and today feels like…well…next week. It’s been a whirlwind. May I share what we’ve been up to so that ...Read More
- Moving on Up: Four Questions to Ask Before Upgrading Your Mekel Scanner January 30, 2018As a consumer, I’m weary of constantly evolving technology. Keeping up with “state-of-the-art” is frustrating, particularly when you invest in a purchase only to find a newer model is instantly available, ...Read More
- From Vegas to the Kitchen Sink January 5, 2018We’re entering 2018 at a fast pace. I noticed this in my own work as I received replies to emails with “Happy New Year” and thinking, “Oh, right, it’s a ...Read More
- Happy Hanksgiving, Part Five November 22, 2017Five years ago this month, Cassie Hahn, our Crowley technical support administrator, introduced us to her English bulldog, Hank. At just eight weeks old, this ball of walking wrinkles could ...Read More
- The Marine and the Microfiche: Preserving 20 Years of Service November 9, 2017After one conversation with retired United States Marine Corps (USMC) Gunnery Sergeant Joseph Wilk, it was evident that his time in the military was filled with valuable life lessons and ...Read More
- National Parks Preservation (the Digital Version) October 30, 2017October is American Archives Month, a celebration of America’s history and the archivists, organizations and physical buildings that keep them safe and available to the world at large. Each week this month we’ll ...Read More
- BIS, Grayson County College and a Bottle of Red… October 19, 2017October is American Archives Month, a celebration of America’s history and the archivists, organizations and physical buildings that keep them safe and available to the world at large. Each week this month we’ll ...Read More
- DAR, Darling: Digitizing Revolutionary Ladies October 13, 2017October is American Archives Month, a celebration of America’s history and the archivists, organizations and physical buildings that keep them safe and available to the world at large. Each week this month ...Read More
- Typefaces, Animal Rights and the “It” Girl: Wells College Archives Span Art, Humanities and Politics October 5, 2017October is American Archives Month, a celebration of America’s history and the archivists, organizations and physical buildings that keep them safe and available to the world at large. Each week ...Read More
- 30 (Days); 9 (Industries); One (Chance to Win): A Month in Crowley Scanner Sales September 28, 2017In our little corner of the blogosphere, we love to “zoom in” on a single client’s hardware or imaging services digitization journey. Rarely do we “zoom out” and look at the various vertical ...Read More
- Million Reel Inventory Complete: Microfilm Collections Assessed September 7, 2017In February, we blogged about the start of a massive microfilm assessment project undertaken by Crowley Imaging. Just six months later, on Friday, September 1st, the project has been successfully ...Read More
- Uniontown Public Library Wins ODS Book Scanner, Begins Collection Digitization August 31, 2017Update: As of June 2023, the Crowley ODS book scanner has been discontinued. The scanners continue to be supported by Crowley’s Technical Support team. Note from the Editor: It’s a solemn ...Read More
- Raising the Dead (or) Lost in Translation: The Microfilm Brouhaha July 26, 2017With the recent FamilySearch announcement that it will discontinue its microfilm distribution service has come confusion about the availability and necessity of microfilm. Three days after the announcement, we received ...Read More
- Award-winning Author, Abby Geni, Brings Suspense to the Crowley Booth June 22, 2017In anticipation of this week’s American Library Association (ALA) conference in Chicago, Illinois, I chatted with Crowley’s guest author 2016 Barnes and Noble Discover Fiction Award-winner, Abby Geni, to learn more about ...Read More
- Sales and the Stacks: A Library Show Through the Eyes of Crowley Reps June 16, 2017Next week at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois, the Crowley reps will take to the exhibit hall to demonstrate a wide variety of scanners, software and services in Booth ...Read More
- Crafting the Craftsman: Digitization Brings Important Museum Database Online May 24, 2017In talking with Gary Albert, Adjunct Curator of Silver and Metals at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA), editor of the MESDA Journal and self-proclaimed digestive tract (“the ...Read More
- Scanning the Past, Creating the Future: Professional Artists Join Crowley Imaging May 3, 2017At Crowley Imaging, a large portion of time is spent each day digitizing and preserving the works of well-known writers, painters and historians of the past. This has the benefit ...Read More
- Goldilocks and the Three Scanners: How to Tell Which Overhead Scanning System is “Just Right” March 23, 2017As far as making choices go, Goldilocks had it easy. All her options were laid out in front of her to simply eat, sit and sleep her way to finding ...Read More
- Massive Microfilm Inventory Underway February 22, 2017Crowley Imaging recently began a year-long project to inventory, barcode and inspect an archival collection of 75 years-worth of government microfilm records located in an underground mine in Pennsylvania. The ...Read More
- 176 Year Old Newspaper Fights Slavery; Echos Today’s News February 6, 2017Last August we received a plea via email: “We want a scan of four pages of a fragile 1841 newspaper that is approximately 16 7/8″ x 22 3/4″. I suspect ...Read More
- Aperture Cards: The Last of an Art Form January 26, 2017Every once in a while an email pops into my inbox that reminds me how unique The Crowley Company is. A few weeks ago, I received notice from our CEO ...Read More
- Joshilyn Jackson: Meet The Author (and the scanners) at #alamw17 January 12, 2017The Crowley Company is getting ready to kick off our trade show season in Booth #834 with next week’s American Library Association’s Midwinter conference in Atlanta, Ga. The exhibit runs from ...Read More
- Celebrate and Appreciate December 22, 2016It seems fitting for our last post of 2016 to feature just a few of the many employees that make the Crowley world go ‘round. Each year at the corporate ...Read More
- Beauty is in the Eye of the Camera: Crowley Advances Imaging Services December 16, 2016What makes a “good” image? It is a universally acknowledged truth in our modern culture that good images are not blurry, have some sort of composition and do not have ...Read More
- Happy Hanksgiving, Part Four November 23, 2016What a difference four years makes! When we first followed Hank, the beloved English bulldog of Crowley’s technical support administrator, Cassie Hahn, around the halls of Crowley three years ago ...Read More
- Dear Mother: A Look at WWII Through the Eyes of One Family November 10, 2016Many stories of heroism and national pride are brought back from war. More often than not, the airwaves are filled with the loudest stories: soldiers bravely flying the skies, nurses ...Read More
- Life in the Fast (Scanning) Lane: Digitizing History Rapidly with the UScan+ October 20, 2016If there is one thing you can say about Kenneth Shelton, it is that he is passionate about history . . . specifically, the history of his family’s hometown in ...Read More
- Old Media in a New Age: Newspapers Go Digital in Latest Case Study September 30, 2016Newspapers have great significance in modern societies around the world. Their thin pages have distributed our world’s heaviest news – the sinking of the Titanic, Kennedy’s assassination, September 11th – ...Read More
- Staying Power: A Conversation with The Crowley’s September 22, 2016The following blog post is an article published last month in IDMi Magazine. When one considers the changes in technology in the analog and digital imaging industries over the past four ...Read More
- The Cold War in Hotlanta: Crowley and Princeton Discuss Digitization Project at SAA August 12, 2016Last week I traveled to the Society of American Archivists annual conference in Atlanta, Ga to hear Crowley Senior Imaging Specialist, Meghan Wyatt, and Princeton University Library Archivist, Rachel Van Unen, ...Read More
- Scanner Replacements: When Is The Time? August 4, 2016With many items, it’s easy to tell when it’s time to upgrade. Car, dryer, hot water heater…each has its own death knell “clunk” that results in a cash register “ching.” ...Read More
- Determining the Best Method for Scanning Bound Materials July 14, 2016We’ve addressed the issue of book scanning methods in a previous blog, however the information bears repeating. Books are still one of the world’s most popular methods of information recording, ...Read More
- Seeing Clearly: Shelley Receives AIA Vision Certification July 8, 2016We recently received the good news that electronics engineer Xander Shelley, who helps to turn the nuts, bolts and cameras of Crowley scanners into high-quality imaging machines at our Basingstoke ...Read More
- Microfilm Theology June 30, 2016Every once in a while life hands you an easy button. In this case, the button is one of the easiest blogs I’ve never had to write. Last week, Crowley’s West ...Read More
- Why I Love Libraries: An Ode to Books, Librarians and Everything In Between June 23, 2016In celebration of this week’s American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Orlando, I’ve decided to put together a countdown of my favorite things about libraries. Libraries aren’t just about ...Read More
- Clarity Matters: UScan+ HD, A High Res Look at Image Quality May 19, 2016As a culture, we value high definition (HD) image resolution. An anthropological study has yet to be done on the societal importance of advanced image quality (I think) but the fact ...Read More
- Expanding Our Vision: The Crowley MACHCAM 71MP Hits the Road May 5, 2016What am I doing at the AIA Vision Show in Boston in a booth without a scanner? Short answer: I’m helping to launch Crowley’s brand new imaging and machine vision ...Read More
- Out of the Shop and Into The Office April 27, 2016It was 2014 when I first walked through The Crowley Company’s doors. I had a feeling then that this place would become an important one for me, but I couldn’t ...Read More
- Reference Archives Have a New Search-and-Scan Solution April 13, 2016Crowley’s MACH7380 reference archive scanner was officially released to market this past December and has already found applications worldwide, including facets of finance (banking/insurance) and government/transportation (ie: motor vehicle administrations). “Reference ...Read More
- Medical Minutes Survive the Years with Digitization March 16, 2016Last October, in recognition of American Archives Month, Crowley Imaging collaborated with the Delaware Historical Society (DHS) to digitize “Minutes of the Medical Society of Delaware from May 12, 1789 ...Read More
- Cecil County Records Aid Research on Black History February 26, 2016February is the month dedicated to honoring the contributions of African Americans to U.S. history, chosen in part to coincide with the birthdays of Frederick Douglass, an escaped Maryland slave ...Read More
- Scanners Save Lives February 4, 2016Slightly misleading headline, but 100 percent true: in this case, though, it’s not the hardware but the professionals who run them that made a difference. On Monday, February 1st, twenty ...Read More
- 42 Years; Seven Staff; 150 Anniversaries January 21, 2016A recent article in The Telegraph asks the question, “Have you been working for the same company for too long?” It notes that the average time spent at a single ...Read More
- An MLA Christmas December 23, 2015The Crowley Company got an early Christmas present last week when it was announced that four of our scanners were awarded honors in the Modern Library Awards program sponsored by ...Read More
- Farewell Dan (for now) December 10, 2015I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Dan James for seven years, albeit in five minute increments. A night shift supervisor and microfilm specialist with Crowley Imaging, Dan, clad in his ...Read More
- Happy Hanksgiving, part three November 24, 2015The past two Thanksgiving holiday blogs have featured Hank, a handsome English Bulldog belonging to Crowley’s technical support administrator, Cassie Hahn. As a puppy (left), we thought we was adorable and ...Read More
- Meeting the Wicks and Wilson Family November 12, 2015In my ongoing journey to learn about Crowley’s different lines of business, I recently accompanied Chris (Crowley) on a visit to Crowley’s Wicks and Wilson (WWL) division in Basingstoke, England. ...Read More
- Join the Crowd at MSA’s Family History Festival October 29, 2015By Emily Huebner, Research Archivist at the Maryland State Archives For the second consecutive year, the Maryland State Archives is hosting a family history festival with the sponsorship of The Crowley ...Read More
- Jobs Well Done October 22, 2015Our week ended on a high note this past Friday. Not only were three Crowley Imaging employees singled out (tripled out?) at the division’s quarterly meeting, we also received a ...Read More
- My Big Fat Archives Experience October 13, 2015If someone had told me two years ago that they were going to set me up on a date with an archivist, my response would have been, “Well now, let ...Read More
- When You Can’t Be Everything to Everybody…Partner Up August 5, 2015In business, it’s sometimes hard to resist the temptation to add a product or service just because someone has asked for it. There’s a balance between the desire to please ...Read More
- What I Never Thought I’d Know About The Imaging Industry July 30, 2015When I was in college studying for my communications degree, I never imagined that I would ever have to know the difference between 16mm and 35mm microfilm; 300dpi and 600dpi ...Read More
- Crowley Imaging and Quantum Processing: The Hybrid Approach July 9, 2015If you have a collection of microfilm or microfiche which needs to be digitized, then you’re probably familiar with the standard options: purchase a scanner and perform the digitization in-house or ...Read More
- Parts & Microfilm: The Fourth Piece of Crowley’s 360⁰ Solution June 25, 2015We previously wrote a blog post about Crowley’s technical support services – the third of our four solution categories. Our intention was to quickly follow with the fourth category, parts and ...Read More
- New Website Enhances Search for Clients June 16, 2015Do you remember the Sears “Big Book” – the three-inch-thick, three-pound tome delivered to homes annually until 1993? Children pored over the toy section; women dreamed through the home goods; ...Read More
- Crowley Interns: Where are they now? May 28, 2015As our tenth intern begins her Crowley tour of duty, it’s a great time to check in on those who have formerly trained with our marketing department while earning college ...Read More
- Karting in the UK: Wicks and Wilson Division Outing May 21, 2015It’s not always easy keeping up with our counterparts in the U.K. Not only are they all the way across the Atlantic, but they always seem to be on the ...Read More
- Running the London Marathon May 7, 2015Editor’s note: On Sunday, April 26, 2015, Chris Wilson, 24, ran his first marathon and did so for a great cause. Chris is the son of John Wilson, Crowley’s Wicks ...Read More
- Crowley Celebrates National Library Week: Showcasing zeta Book Copiers April 16, 2015In case you hadn’t heard (and you aren’t already off celebrating with a good book from your local library), it’s National Library Week! April 12th-18th is designated as a time to ...Read More
- Going Digital: Sacramental Documents “Transfigured” April 1, 2015As much of the world prepares to celebrate Easter this Sunday, it seems a good week to feature an upcoming digitization project for downtown Baltimore’s Transfiguration Catholic Community: 88 precisely ...Read More
- Digitizing Presidential Collections for UVA Miller Center March 26, 2015The University of Virginia (UVA) Miller Center was recently awarded a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to digitize Presidential collections and make them available to the ...Read More
- The Importance of Building a Sustainable Scanner March 18, 2015An InoTec GmbH White Paper The Crowley Company has been fortunate to work with several long-term partners that develop some of the world’s most respected scanners. Our partner selection is based ...Read More
- Road Scanner, Part Two February 19, 2015Last week, we shared the story of Overland Conversion and their traveling Zeutschel OS 12000 overhead scanner. Weighing in at over 550 pounds when crated and needing a trailer for ...Read More
- Road Scanner, part one February 12, 2015(Introduction written by Debbie Harris, Crowley’s director of technical services) It is rare when a big box scanner moves from one location to another on a regular basis. And by “big ...Read More
- Speaking Greek in the Service Bureau February 4, 2015When I told my parents I wanted to join a sorority years back (the exact number a closely guarded secret), the response was swift: “Why?” Years later, I have occasion ...Read More
- Library Solutions Win Modern Library Awards January 22, 2015We got the good news a month ago, but a press moratorium kept our lips sealed (here we go with that again!) until today: two of Crowley’s Zeutschel scanners have ...Read More
- Confidentiality: When Privacy Gets in the Way of a Good Business Story January 15, 2015I hate secrets. I especially hate when someone tells me a secret. If I can’t talk about it, what good is it? By nature and by profession as Crowley’s Director of ...Read More
- New Year, New Resolutions: Goals for Growth in 2015 January 8, 2015At The Crowley Company, when we think of resolutions, we usually think about image resolution. Megapixels, DPI, true optical vs. interpolated resolution, we could write an entire blog about it ...Read More
- Holiday Wishes December 23, 2014As 2014 comes to a close, The Crowley Company wishes you each joy, peace, health and happiness. Please note that all offices are closed December 25, December 26th and January 1st. The ...Read More
- EDMS and ECM: Records Management and Access Made Easy December 19, 2014UPDATE: As of May 2021, The Crowley Company is an Laserfiche Solutions Provider and offers their full line of solutions to manage, retain and organize digital records. Visit Crowley’s Laserfiche ...Read More
- Digitizing Decades of German Choral Notes December 4, 2014Crowley Imaging has had the opportunity to work with many remarkable organizations over its 30+ years in business. Not many of those, however, can boast award-winning singing talent. This past ...Read More
- Happy Hanksgiving, Part Two November 26, 2014Last year we featured eight-week-old Hank, an English bulldog who belongs to Crowley’s technical support admin, Cassie, in our Thanksgiving blog. His days of product modeling on the product are ...Read More
- Evaluating the zeta Book Scanner: A Student’s Study November 20, 2014November for Crowley Conversions is all about measurable results. Last week, we compared the Mekel Technology microfilm and microfiche scanners to competitive models and found measurable ROI. This week, we’re ...Read More
- Scanner Comparisons Lead to Measurable ROI November 13, 2014Two weeks ago, I read an insightful blog post by ECM Connection executive editor Ken Congdon. The topic was how to manage end-of-life scanning hardware. It was written on the ...Read More
- My ARMA Experience October 30, 2014I’m on my way home from the 2014 ARMA Conference in San Diego and have a chance to reflect on the past few days. The pause is thanks to a ...Read More
- Patron vs. Production Scanners: Which Type do You Need? October 23, 2014Our favorite kinds of blogs to write are those sparked by user feedback. Last week, we received an email from a client who had purchased Mekel Technology microfilm and microfiche ...Read More
- Donations Fund Newspaper Archive Scanning Project October 9, 2014Editor’s note: We love when blogs write themselves. In this case, credit goes to Eric Mease of the Historical Society of Cecil County and Maryland’s Cecil Whig, one of the ...Read More
- Split-Coast Debut: Unveiling the InoTec 8X1 Across the U.S. October 2, 2014October is officially here and we are just a few short weeks away from the U.S. debut of the InoTec SCAMAX 8×1-series ultra high-performance document scanner. After making its first ...Read More
- Digitizing the Lawson Love Letters September 18, 2014They saw each other nine times and on the ninth, it was their wedding day. And as odd as it may sound, Audrey Ann Hoffman and William A. (Bill) Lawson were ...Read More
- Vintage Viewing: Microform Reader Printers in the Home September 11, 2014We recently spoke to a Crowley Imaging client who had a microform reader printer at home for the sole recreational purpose of reading old/out-of-print science fiction on microfiche. (For the ...Read More
- Anticipating ARMA September 4, 2014The InoTec SCAMAX 8×1 Debuts At Crowley, we can’t wait for October 25th. That’s the day we get our hands on the SCAMAX® 8×1 Ultra High-Performance Document Scanner and get to ...Read More
- Service Bureau Walkabout August 21, 2014In need of a little blog inspiration today, I went to the one location in our Frederick, Md. headquarters that always makes me happy – our Crowley Imaging service bureau. ...Read More
- Microfilm and the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen August 7, 2014Writing images to microfilm is not an unusual request for Crowley Imaging. It is unusual, however, to get a request to write only 15 images to microfilm. Five times. In ...Read More
- Broadening Reach with Resellers July 31, 2014From its humble beginnings as a one-person firm started by Jerry Crowley in 1980, The Crowley Company has grown in many ways and yet remains a small business at heart. ...Read More
- Quantum Happiness July 24, 2014Last week we received the kind of email every business wants to receive: a glowing review, a good tip and an idea for further engagement – the trifecta of customer ...Read More
- From Scanning to Salmon: Installing an InoTec in Alaska July 18, 2014In April, we discussed technical support services and celebrated the 50th state milestone of Crowley technician Steve Sheckels. Today, we take a look into the life of another Sheckels brother, ...Read More
- From Google Alert to Dorothea Lange July 10, 2014As I reluctantly shook off the long weekend and dragged my cursor through Monday morning’s inbox, I was pleasantly surprised to see a Google Alert entitled “Fourth of July Celebrations ...Read More
- Celebrating Independence; Remembering the Revolution July 3, 2014As we celebrate Independence Day this week, we appreciate that the 4th of July is more than an excuse for a three-day weekend (although it’s a plus). It’s a chance ...Read More
- Behind the Film: Creating and Maintaining Microfilm June 19, 2014In a recent blog post, we continued the discussion on why microfilm as a preservation media remains relevant in today’s archival and records management industries due to its long lifespan, ...Read More
- On Father’s Day: Jerry Crowley June 11, 2014The upcoming Father’s Day weekend seemed like a good reason to find out more about Jerry Crowley, the founder of Crowley Micrographics (now The Crowley Company). I spent a few ...Read More
- “Conventional data backup is not a preservation process” May 29, 2014Why the microfilm conversation continues A few days ago, I posted this comment to several relevant Linkedin groups: “Interesting headline in USA Today, but misleading as the archives and records management industries ...Read More
- Technical Support – The Third Slice of Crowley’s 360⁰ Solution May 22, 2014We recently wrote about one of our senior technicians, Steve Sheckels. The blog documented the highlights of his six years (and counting) with Crowley Support and his recollections upon visiting ...Read More
- Never Miss a Book with Interlibrary Loan May 15, 2014We received an inquiry the other day that asked, “What is Interlibrary Loan? How are your scanners compatible?” What first appeared to be a short answer became lengthy (and interesting) ...Read More
- Princeton’s Latin American Ephemera May 7, 2014Having celebrated Cinco de Mayo on Monday, we decided to raise our margaritas and toast Princeton’s Latin American Ephemera Collection. Crowley Imaging is currently under contract to scan and convert ...Read More
- Crowley’s Traveling Technician April 24, 2014On March 26th, Steve Sheckels, a Crowley field service engineer, accomplished a pretty impressive milestone: he visited his 50th United State in the course of doing business. Steve’s a talented ...Read More
- Throwback: 2003 Mekel Acquisition Transports Crowley Into Manufacturing April 10, 2014As anyone who’s ever taken an entry-level philosophy class can tell you, “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” Today we must agree to disagree with the ...Read More
- One Man. Wicks and Wilson Scanners. 26+ Million Newspaper Images March 20, 2014At Crowley, we love discovering great digital collections – especially when they’ve been scanned on our manufactured capture equipment. Even after more than 30 years, the idea of making images ...Read More
- March is in Like a Lion…and Crowley Appreciates the Roar March 14, 2014Oscar worthy? You decide! March brings Crowley’s first professionally-produced video featuring the UScan+ Universal Film Scanner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2KkoUaHsPw Weather aside (because let’s face it, Mother Nature has worn that topic out this winter), Crowley’s ...Read More
- Saving Black History: Digitizing Records of The Central Lunatic Asylum for Colored Insane February 27, 2014The name alone is enough to conjure images from television’s “American Horror” yet this is no scriptwriter’s drama. Instead, the records of The Central Lunatic Asylum For Colored Insane tell ...Read More
- Crowley Digitizes 15 Volumes from the Mount Vernon Historical Collection February 20, 2014As we celebrate President’s Day this week, we look back to the one who started it all; George Washington. The man who led our troops to victory in the Revolutionary ...Read More
- Patron Scanners and Preservation – Part One January 23, 2014How today’s libraries are embracing technology for those walking in the door and those searching the internet As we head to Philadelphia for the annual ALA Mid-Winter Conference and Expo, it’s ...Read More
- Introducing the USCAN+, the only Universal Scanner with USB3 Capability January 16, 2014The Crowley Company is very excited to introduce the UScan+ and its brand new Patron software package at next week’s American Library Association MidWinter Conference and Expo in Philadelphia, PA. ...Read More
- The Crowley Company Year in Review December 23, 2013In a year that has seen very little, if any, breathing room, we’re making ourselves stop and smell the poinsettias and look back before we rush headlong into 2014. Take ...Read More
- Scanning the Rosenberg Diary Under Armed Guard December 19, 2013For Kris Sheckels, a Crowley imaging specialist and project manager, this past November 7th will be a day to discuss with the grand kids. Only 25 now, he knows he’ll ...Read More
- Digitizing FDR for the Masses December 12, 2013On Wednesday, December 4th, Crowley Imaging was honored to be invited to Hyde Park, New York for the launch of “FRANKLIN,” a virtual research room and digital repository that provides ...Read More
- The Relevance of Archive Writing December 5, 2013In today’s increasingly digital world, new technology is popping up every day, making old technology obsolete. Just think about the changes to music in your lifetime. We have seen numerous ...Read More
- Happy “Hanksgiving” November 26, 2013We had a recent visit from eight-week-old Hank, an English bulldog puppy, who belongs to our technical support admin, Cassie. While he was here, we put him to work as ...Read More
- Wicks and Wilson Celebrates 40 Years November 21, 2013For many, 1973 doesn’t seem that long ago. In the United States, a small company called Federal Express was born, Secretariat won the Triple Crown, Burger King broke marketing ground ...Read More
- The Shape of “Qool”: Qidenus V-Shaped Book Scanners November 15, 2013Editor’s note: This week’s blogger is Crowley marketing assistant, Camily Bishop. New to the industry, her insights offer a fresh perspective. Archives are timeless. The digital imaging industry is not. ...Read More
- Digitized Propaganda Posters Bring Wartime to Life November 6, 2013As we looked for just the right Crowley tie-in with Monday’s Veterans Day celebration, we came across the following webpage from Washington State University (WSU). The page, which features WSU ...Read More
- Scanning Tales from the Crypt at Congressional Cemetery October 31, 2013Editor’s note: As we wrap up American Archives Month and note today’s date on the calendar, it only seems apropos to highlight Crowley Imaging’s document conversion work with Washington, D.C.’s ...Read More
- Crowley Scanners and Bureau Serve Smithsonian Archives of American Art October 24, 2013Editor’s note: October is American Archives Month and a reminder of how important the records of our past are to our future. To celebrate, we’re highlighting five conversion projects throughout ...Read More
- Using Zeutschel Scanners to Document the Papers of Abraham Lincoln October 17, 2013Editor’s note: October is American Archives Month and a reminder of how important the records of our past are to our future. To celebrate, we’re highlighting five conversion projects throughout ...Read More
- Bringing LIFE to Life October 10, 2013Editor’s note: October is American Archives Month and a reminder of how important the records of our past are to our future. To celebrate, we’re highlighting five conversion projects throughout ...Read More
- Making the “Intelligent” Choice to Digitize for Wider Access October 2, 2013Editor’s note: October is American Archives Month and a reminder of how important the records of our past are to our future. To celebrate, we’ll highlight five conversion projects throughout ...Read More
- Preserving History through Newspaper Digitization, Part Two September 26, 2013Last week, in the first part of our two-part blog mini-series, “Preserving History through Newspaper Digitization,” we outlined the importance of digitization to the preservation of our nation’s rich history. ...Read More
- Preserving History through Newspaper Digitization, Part One September 19, 2013For years, the spoken word was the primary method with which people conveyed thoughts and ideas, did business, and broadcasted the day’s events. This system was not extremely efficient or particularly ...Read More
- The True Cost of Ownership: Used Scanners September 12, 2013Over the last two weeks, the imaging experts at Crowley have explored the true cost of ownership of production-level digital scanners. Remember, not all scanners are created equal and comparisons ...Read More
- The Down Low on TCO (Total Cost of Ownership), Part 2 September 4, 2013In last week’s blog, we set forth the premise that not all scanners are created equal. There is much more to consider at purchase than the quoted price. After more ...Read More
- The Down Low on TCO (True Cost of Ownership) Part 1 August 28, 2013In more than thirty years of demonstrating production-level digital scanners and analog equipment to clients worldwide, Crowley has found that one fact has remained constant: comparisons are very rarely apples-to-apples. ...Read More
- The Growing Use of Patron Scanners August 22, 2013Patron scanners, like the Zeutschel OS 12000 Bookcopy, the Zeutschel zeta and Wicks and Wilson UScan, are growing in popularity for many reasons. These scanners provide users an easy-to-operate walk-up experience ...Read More
- The Continued Importance of Microfilm July 26, 2013The Story Behind Microfilm We are a society built on the blood, sweat and tears of the previous generation. Everything we have now can be traced back to our ancestors: our ...Read More