Handwriting Transcription for Archives: How Scriptoria Turns Scanned Collections into Searchable Records
By Client Executive Marcia Spicer Digitization preserves the page. But for many handwritten collections, preservation is only the first step. A scanned letter, ledger, field note, institutional record, or handwritten form may be safely captured as an image, but the information inside can still be difficult to find. Names, dates, places, decisions, relationships, and stories […]
Five Crucial Mistakes Archives Make with OCR
by Marcia Spicer One thing almost every digitization client has in common is a desire to share their collection. That’s great, and it’s a goal digitization works toward almost naturally. But someone has to think about the how. Yes, we want to share, facilitate research, create opportunities for spontaneous discovery of the collection… but how? […]
The Journey to Digitization
by Marcia Spicer Last weekend, my family was invited to dinner at a restaurant. Shortly after food was served, my youngest began melting down. Then, earlier this morning, I had to reschedule a meeting with a potential client. When we made the plans, everything looked great, then life happened. Just like planning a meeting or […]