Are you looking for a way to preserve your valuable historical books without compromising their integrity? You’re not alone.
- Preservation and protection of valuable historical information: Digitising books helps preserve important historical information. It’s a particularly useful risk management strategy if we want to safeguard original book collections against loss of content due to aging and deterioration, flood, fire, or other physical damage.
- Workflow efficiencies: Scanning books into digital files also streamlines workflow and processes, especially to save time searching for information that may be accessed regularly, such as:
- Registers
- Surveyor reports that may have recorded addresses, latitude and longitude coordinates and elevation measurements
- Equipment maintenance report books
- Council Meeting Minutes
Advanced Tools for Better Document Output
At GMS Digital, we use high-resolution digital cameras with professional optics to ensure sharp and precise image capture. By capturing images in RAW format (24-bit colour), we maintain the highest quality and fidelity of your original documents.
To ensure accurate colour reproduction and white balance calibration, we use colour checkers, while our professional shadowless LED lighting (5,600K daylight, Color Reading Index > 90) is calibrated with handheld light meters to provide consistent lighting across the entire book.
Meticulous Post-Processing for Archival-Quality Results
Our post-processing includes cropping, splitting, straightening, and combining pages into multi-page, searchable PDF files. This meticulous approach ensures that your digitised books are easily accessible and usable for future generations.
Secure and Professional Handling of Precious Materials
GMS Digital personally manages the secure collection and return of your books whenever possible. Our staff are highly experienced in handling fragile, sensitive, and confidential materials. To ensure discretion, our delivery vehicles have no signage indicating the nature of our business.
On-Site Scanning for Your Convenience
When your materials are too precious to leave your site, GMS Digital can provide on-site book scanning services at your office. Our technical team will install, calibrate, and operate the book scanning equipment for optimal performance in your work environment, ensuring your valuable collections are handled with the utmost care.
GMS Digital can digitise bound materials including:
- Fragile Books
- Historical Bound Materials
- Registers
- Historical publications
- Reports
- Ledgers
- Photo Albums
- Meeting Minutes
- Magazines
- Meeting Minutes
To find out more about arranging book scanning for your business, contact us today for a fast, obligation-free quote.
