Preservation Methods

How Does Anderson Archival Preserve Your Collection?

Anderson Archival’s digital archivist follow industry standard best practices to provide our clients with the highest quality digital files. We work with you to determine the best formats and access methods for your digital collection.

Master and Access Files

Good digital preservation relies on both quality and accessibility. Anderson Archival provides all clients with high-quality master files, as well as smaller access copies for patron use.

Organized PDF Files

Technology becomes obsolete at an astounding rate. Anderson Archival uses ISO standard archival files formats that will remain accessible for decades to come.

Websites and Databases

Tired of digging through musty files and squinting to read decades-old fine print? Anderson Archival can upgrade your dusty storage closet to a cloud-based online platform.

What Is Your Vision?

The scope of your digitization project most likely depends on your desired end goal. Does your organization need a new research database, or are you planning to preserve a collection of family relics? Different collections require individualized approaches. Though our digitization methods and technologies share an innovative goal, Anderson Archival’s first priority is to create a vision with you as well as for you.

Digitizing archival materials can take many different final forms. Not every method will be a good fit for your collection, but part of the discovery phase of each project involves thinking about how your collection will be used by future generations.

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A Word from
Our Clients

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
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 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
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
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

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