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December 1
NH launches hybrid service
Newspaper Heritage and its parent company intelligen
Computer Solutions international, have announced they are to
introduce a hybrid service combining the functionality of
microfilm and convenience of a digital environment.
A mono or colour microfilm is created either from digital
files or from source documents. The digital files are then
processed via OCR (Optical Character Recognition) and
finally published online. The screenshot [below] shows the
online representation of the microfilm in operation. A
database is used to search the OCR'd data. Then either
within a company PC environment, or online as a web site, a
document link, or link to a specific page, takes the user
directly to the digitally-held version.
Main screen showing 2 invoice
pages being viewed.
The 'microfilm' strip can be seen at the foot.
Enlarged it looks like this ....
Note the page number confirmation
above the magnified frames.
With many applications in
many business sectors, the hybrid system offers the
long-term security of a microfilm backup, along with the
convenience and speed of digital access.
Several options are available in terms of the online
quality. At 300dpi a full 'print-ready' image is available.
At 72dpi a quick-reference image is displayed, but is
perfectly readable. Depending on the choice of of dpi, the
online film can represent up to over 4,000 images in one
'film'. Higher dpi versions hold less per 'film' on a
sliding scale, and of course pages take longer to load, but
there is an increase in quality. Early indications are that
some users will link a low-res frame back to their own image
store and a high-res version of the page/image.
The service is due to be fully available in Q1 2011.
For more
information, and a no-obligation confidential discussion, please contact:
johnbaker@newspaperheritage.eu
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November 15
NH success with first micropublishing
customer
IDMi magazine (Information and Document Management
international), are to micropublish their entire
back-catalogue of IDMi, Green Sheet, Micrographics
Marketplace (and where possible Micrographics Newsletter)
magazines.They will be captured on
film for posterity, and in digital format for online access,
with an OCR process making thousands of articles available
on special subscription, or as a part of the IDMi
subscription.
For more
information, and a no-obligation confidential discussion, please contact:
johnbaker@newspaperheritage.eu
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November 12
Micropublishing service announced
Publishing takes many forms, with
digital-only, print and print-then-digital being the main
contenders. Prior to the advent of the internet, many
publications appeared in both print and microfilm format.
(With microfilm-based activity dropping off as the internet
prevailed.)
However as the microfilm industry has gone through something
of a re-birth in the last two years, NH is now to work with
key UK, European and worldwide partners to provide a
comprehensive micropublishing service with a difference!
Traditionally, micropublishing was achieved by microfilming
a publications pages, then duplicating the master film for
distribution. One of the services that NH will provide, is
to create an archival copy of the content, and ALSO, to make
that content available for viewing online via secure log-in.
That means for the customer, there will be the convenience
of online viewing, the satisfaction of knowing a secure copy
of the reference material is available, and an opportunity
to recover the cost of filming or duplication through
charging third-parties for access.
We are working up some example scenarios for anyone with out
of copyright material they think is suitable for the
service. This can cover content such as:
- periodicals
- serials
- magazines
- newsletters
- scientific papers
- historical papers and collections
- other collections of special interest
(e.g. manuscripts, letters)
- genealogical information (e.g. parish
records, grave registers)
- newspapers
The original material can exist in
digital, microfilm or hard-copy form, and the service is
likely to appeal to:
- libraries
- universities
- scientific or learned institutions
- archives and special collections
- historical collections
- and many others
Basically - any custodian/owner of data
keen who is keen to disseminate the content and to see their
content available to a broader audience.
For more
information, and a no-obligation confidential discussion, please contact:
johnbaker@newspaperheritage.eu
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November 11
Web site re-engineering
The Newspaper Heritage site is
undergoing evaluation and re-engineering. Please bear with
us as we bring you a better online experience.
For more
information, please contact:
johnbaker@newspaperheritage.eu |
November 10
Please note that as of Wednesday 10th November 2010, Newspaper Heritage is no
longer associated with NewspaperArchive.com or
HeritageArchives.org or any of their associate company
names.
For more
information, please contact:
johnbaker@newspaperheritage.eu |
August:
Libraries & Institutions win over
Publishers
Since Newspaper Heritage started operations in
early 2010, it has become apparent to us that the publishing
world does not place nearly the same (or in many cases
ANY,) emphasis on the need for preservation,
conservation or archiving of newspapers.
To that end, NH would like to embrace the library,
institution and other learned societies who are acutely
aware of the need to preserve our heritage by not only
capturing newspapers for posterity, but also making their
rich content available to a much wider audience.
Calling all Libraries, Institutions and other Learned
Organisations .... please contact:
johnbaker@newspaperheritage.eu |
July:
Shift of conservation/preservation emphasis
The principal of Newspaper Heritage was first
involved with rare, fragile and general printed works worth
preserving for posterity in the mid 1970's. Since that time,
there has been great academic and commercial debate over
who, what, why, when, where and how much the various
exercises would cost.
Advances in technology now allow digital preservation,
conservation and archiving, but at the same time, by their
very nature, the technology of computing introduces other
risks. (See IDMi 'Closing the Gap' 2009, by John Baker.
www.idmionline.com)
In recent years, microfilm has been certified with 500 years
archival permanence, and just in the last year, that 500
year accolade has also been applied to colour microfilm.
Co-relate that with Gartner suggesting that 5% of data can
be lost in a system or data migration project, and
non-digital storage suddenly looks to become a good
alternative strategy, or perhaps more realistically - a
complementary one.
To
comment or join in the debate, please contact:
johnbaker@newspaperheritage.eu |
June:
Special international consultancy offer
If your organisation is involved in newspaper
publishing, conservation, preservation or storage of
newspapers then you may be interested to know of a special
offer to introduce our internationally available
consultancy service.
From now until further notice, any consultancy booked will
be at a preferential rate, and if a block of a week is
booked, you will get 5 days for the price of 4. (All
consultancy is based on a part or whole day rate, + travel,
subsistence and accommodation at cost + VAT if applicable)
For more information please contact:
consultancy@newspaperheritage.eu |
May:
Two-part article by NH appears in IDMi magazine
A two-page article by Newspaper Heritage
principal John Baker, has appeared in the June/July 2010
issue of the internationally acclaimed magazine IDMi.
(Information and Document Management international.
Exclusively for the information management industry, the
magazine text covers an overview of archiving and
conservation issues, as well as outlining some common
solutions to the dilemma of long-term storage and
preservation.
This is part 1, with the second part available in IDMi:63 in
August.
More:
www.idmionline.com
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Newspaper Heritage Site Overview
There are two distinct aspects to our business, Commercial
and Academic.
Commercial:
The
main thrust of our business is to actively promote our own commercial
services, and that of our alliance partners. We have a thorough
understanding of all areas of the archiving, digitisation
and preservation of newspaper content.
Academic:
We are also very
active in the academic, scientific, and research fields. This
activity covers source document capture, quality ethics and
technicalities, file conversion, OCR, digital and hard-copy storage,
microfilm scanning, specialist microfilm storage, restoration,
preservation and archiving.
In relation to the global and very rich newspaper heritage - we
strive to be involved. Read more in
about us.
Meantime - Some key questions for You ....
Are you a newspaper publisher?
Are you a library or other institution?
What type of archive do you have in relation to newspapers?
Key Answers For You ....
Are you a newspaper publisher?
We are constantly adding to and verifying our
database of current publishers and current newspaper titles. We also
hold information on newspaper titles which are no
longer published.
But we don't want to miss anyone out! If you are a current or past
newspaper publisher, and you would like to be sure your
titles are in our database, why not email us? You might well benefit
from our services.
Please email us at:
publisherdata@newspaperheritage.eu.
Are you a library or other institution?
If you are a library, university or other institution and you have
microfilm (or scanned images) of newspapers in your custody, please
get in touch as you may also benefit from our services.
Please email us at:
institutiondata@newspaperheritage.eu
What type of archive do you have in relation to newspapers?
Our database of publisher and non-publisher 'custodians' will
comprise of those organisations in possession of newspaper
collateral in the form of:
- microfilm (originals and duplicates of all types)
- digital (scan) files direct from pages
- hard copy
We are also able to handle native DTP files such as those used to
create 'born-digital' newspapers. (In that case a conversion process
may be required to extract the data.)
Should you have any immediate questions, or even if you would like
to discuss the process in more detail, please contact us:
E.
info@newspaperheritage.eu
T. 0044 1330 824826
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