TownsWeb Archiving Blog

Workflows for digitising glass plate negatives: Scanner vs DSLR camera

January 17th, 2018 by Ryan Kyle

We have invited two glass plate digitisation experts from respected institutions, to contribute their views and their preferred workflows.

October 24th, 2016 by John Mallett

When digitising oversize archival items – such as maps, architectural plans, posters, registers and…

August 17th, 2015 by Gemma Cattell

Digitising historical newspaper archives is an excellent of way of making them more accessible…

April 16th, 2015 by Ryan Kyle

Digitising 35mm slide and film collections is becoming increasingly popular as many archival institutions…

January 23rd, 2015 by Ryan Kyle

Glass plate negatives are one of the most fragile mediums that archivists and holders…

October 8th, 2014 by Ryan Kyle

Following the popularity of our How to Digitise Photograph Collections blog post, in the…

August 6th, 2014 by Ryan Kyle

Digitisation is a complex process with many aspects that need to be managed in…