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Digitization for Religious Organizations

Many religious organizations house special and rare collections meant for spiritual enrichment and study, but these rare, often delicate, materials can only reach so many people. When the collection is studied routinely, the risk of damage increases with each turn of the page. Even storage, if not planned with an archival professional, can result in time and exposure damage to a cherished collection. Digitization of religious collections provides a necessary bridge between access and preservation that enhances the overall collection.

Preservation

Over-handling of historic materials is a constant danger, and protection against damage often comes at the price of reduced access. Digital libraries solve the dilemma of access or preservation. Once digitized, at-risk materials may be safely stored and cared for as needed to preserve their physical copy while the digital copy can be accessed and can continue to enrich spiritual research and increase awareness.

Access

Those who do not have local access to a physical collection regularly lose out on the opportunity to experience religious works. Through digitization, such challenges to access disappear. Individuals need only an internet connection to pull a book off the digital shelf. The influence of a digital collection can reach around the world, offering spiritual research and guidance that otherwise would be lost to many students of faith.

Not only does digitization provide access to the millions unable to travel to the collection, but it can offer a wider audience to rare and endangered materials that might be restricted only to staff trained in its handling. These rare collections can gain fresh use and exposure in a digital library.

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Our Clients

The letters just keep giving us the opportunity to connect. The ability to read them chronologically without the hassle of opening them and unfolding them, and just the fact that we can scale it digitally is the number one benefit.
Rosemary CassieFamily Collection
As you know working from home has its challenges even more so given the current situation… We have to give you and your team credit for building, maintaining, updating the infrastructure and providing the support when we needed it. We have been extremely busy and the last thing we wanted was any disruptions. Everything worked flawlessly. We look forward to the years ahead.
Rosemary CassieFamily Collection
I will just say that clarity is bar none. It’s so nice. The digital versions are much easier to read than the hard copies because you can zoom in there. The end result is so much better than I thought I would get because I’m used to like scanning from my multipurpose printer/scanner.
Rosemary CassieFamily Collection
I really appreciated when the scanning was done, as you were working to put it together in additional formats, [your team] was very willing to arrange it in a way that would make sense to us. Again, I can’t say enough nice things about how impressed I was with the service and the communication back and forth throughout the project. It was all very professional, and I really appreciate that type of process.
Rosemary CassieFamily Collection
Again, I can’t say enough nice things about how impressed I was with the service and the communication back and forth throughout the project. It was all very professional, and I really appreciate that type of process.
Rosemary CassieFamily Collection
I can’t say enough nice things about how impressed I was with the service and the communication back and forth throughout the project. It was all very professional, and I really appreciate that type of process.
Rosemary CassieFamily Collection
It looks fantastic! I am so impressed and happy with you and the team’s passion and thoroughness of how you approached and executed this project. My family is deeply touched and appreciative.
Rosemary CassieFamily Collection
Another way that Anderson Archival helped was guiding us in how the files were organized.... You guys were able to really narrow it down to, ‘What kind of file do you want?’ So really [for] the digitization of the collection, you guys were very helpful.
Carla PasettiFamily Collection
[For] the digitization of the collection, you guys were very helpful. We decided to go with the JPEG form and definitely higher resolution… Another way that Anderson Archival helped was guiding us in how the files were organized.
Carla PasettiFamily Collection
I enthusiastically recommend that people [who] have documents, photographs, or anything else that needs to be organized get in touch with you and see what you can do for them.
Steve BrunkhorstFamily Collection
I didn’t know exactly what I wanted in the way of PDFs or JPEGs. [Content Specialist Marcia Spicer] offered a standard package of PDFs and JPEGs at different scan densities and even TIFFs. That was something that I didn’t know to request, but due to her experience, it was offered. That worked out very well.
Steve BrunkhorstFamily Collection
I was looking at different providers, and you guys fit exactly what we needed. [Anderson Archival’s facilities] have everything in house. We can just send them to you and [know that] you take good care of the books. They are very fragile, they’re from the 1800s.
Laurel BennettCayuga Centers
[Anderson Archival’s facilities] have everything in house. We can just send them to you and [know that] you take good care of the books. They are very fragile, they’re from the 1800s. You scan every page and then send us those files for us to keep on file for ourselves.
Laurel BennettCayuga Centers
As it was digitized, I was actually able to find the exact page that [our patron's] aunt was on, and I was able to print and send that page to them because it was digitized. They were out of state, so she was so grateful. Because the image was so clear I was able to print them out a blank one and then I also printed out one where I was able to highlight where she was in the page.
Laurel BennettCayuga Centers
Looking through the books, it was actually very hard to find [the person’s name] because your eyes miss things. But as it was digitized, I was actually able to find the exact page that [the requester’s] aunt was on, and I was able to print and send that page to them because it was digitized. They were out of state, so she was so grateful. Because the image was so clear I was able to print them out a blank one and then I also printed out one where I was able to highlight where she was in the page.
Laurel BennettCayuga Centers
We will have replicas made from the digital copies to use for display at our speaking engagements and book signings with our new book… It is important that we stop further damage to the map and showcase our father’s signature and those of his buddies.
Myra MillerHistorical Document
The stuff looks awesome!!
Chris ParrishFamily Collection
This is amazing!! Thank you so much. I cannot wait to share these with family, and I know my dad feels the same way.
Molly ParrishFamily Collection
Thank you again and again. The manuscript arrived today in perfect order. . . . Here's to success all around. I couldn't have done this without you. All the best to Anderson Archival in your future endeavors.
TJAcademic Manuscript
Thank you again for your support and patience. . . . I don't imagine that I'll ever have a document scanning project like this again but if I do, I'll definitely call you and Anderson Archival first.
TJAcademic Manuscript
It looks fantastic! Thank you for your hard work and attention to detail on this project.
TJAcademic Manuscript

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