DIGITISATION
Digitisation is the ideal solution for increasing safe access to rare collections of source material held in libraries, museums and archives. It allows:

• Preservation & Conservation of rare, old and/or fragile material
• Unparalleled search and retrieval utilities
• Increased access to rare sources

Eneclann offers an unmatched expertise and experience in digitisation of historical material in Ireland. We have partnered many organisations in their digitisation projects including: Trinity College Dublin, National Archives, National Library, National Museum, Valuation Office, Westmeath Archives, NCAD and IGL

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Frequently Asked Questions

A2 Bookeye Scanner
Eneclann's overhead digital array scanner emits no UV or infra-red light to ensure conservation standards.

Digitisation & Conservation

Digitisation is an increasingly important tool in the conservation and preservation of historical documents. It allows for the preservation of the original document while increasing access to the actual information through digitised copies.

 

At Eneclann digitisation is carried out with specialised scanning equipment that operates to archival conservation standards. Depending on the age of the print the scanned images may be suitable to run through an OCR (optical character recognition) process making them fully searchable by word.

 

All our scanning is supervised by trained archivists to ensure the books and manuscripts are handled correctly, and that no strain is placed on the binding.

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A Guide to the Digitisation of Irish Genealogical Records

A guide to the current state of play with the digitisation of Irish genealogical records.

Includes a summary of the projects currently underway at:

The Irish Genealogical Project, The General Registry Office, The National Archives, PRONI, The National Library of Ireland, The Valuation Office, The Ordinance Survey of Ireland, Irish Libraries, The Registry of Deeds and Eneclann Ltd..

 

Article originally published by The Septs, Volume 29 Number 2, April 2008.

 

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