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Free Seminars – Book Now

There are still some free places available at regional Public Library seminars in London, Bristol, York, Manchester and Glasgow. The seminars are titled ‘GOOD, BETTER, BEST’ and will be providing ideas and inspiration as to ‘How public libraries are creating their own future.’ Speakers will be discussing and answering the following questions: How can public [...]

Stamp of approval: Digitising the British Postal Museum image collection

The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA) required professionally produced digital images delivered in a short space of time, which TownsWeb Archiving were able to achieve by allocating its own team to work onsite over a ten-day period. The BMPA are now looking at ways to make the collection publicly accessible and the possibilities of [...]

Top 10 Tips for Transcribing Handwritten Records

Despite being lovely to look at, handwritten records (especially old copperplate style) can be notoriously difficult to read. However, in order to make your archival content searchable (online or via an internal system) the only option is to work with a supplier who has experience of transcribing this type of information. To help you choose [...]

Spennymoor Council use TWA Chronicle Lite to administer funerals

Spennymoor Town Council purchased the TWA Chronicle Lite system to administer their funerals. This software is accessed online and offers a very simple way of recording records that would normally be entered in to Index, Burial Registers and Grave Registers.  Our Chronicle Pro system also offers a full diary and memorial inspections module too. If you [...]

New GPS Tracking Facility introduced by TownsWeb Archiving Ltd

TownsWeb Archiving have invested in new and innovative GPS Tracking that will feed the live and precise geographical co-ordinates of drivers and vehicles direct to the head office .  Managing Director of TownsWeb Archiving, Paul Sugden, said: “If we are digitising archives away from a clients premises then we offer a personal collection and return [...]

Spennymoor Council – Members of the public can now search deceased records online

Spennymoor Town Council is responsible for two cemeteries and for providing public access to cemetery records. Plots are marked on cemetery maps and burial records have been handwritten into bound registers since the mid-nineteenth century. The Council decided  to digitise the maps and registers to safeguard them.  In order to provide an easier way of [...]

Upcoming Events…

TownsWeb Archiving are pleased to announced our up and coming events for  2011: Libraries London Seminar: Wednesday 4 th May – Wellcome Conference Centre Bristol Seminar: Thursday 5th May – Bristol York Seminar: Tuesday 7th June – National Railway Museum Manchester Seminar: Thursday 9th June – Manchester Conference Centre Glasgow Seminar: Friday 10th June – [...]

Royal Doulton use TWA ArcView

Royal Doulton purchased the TWA ArcView system to manage their digital archive. This software is accessed online and offers a very simple way of organising a digital image collection within one central area. It is immediately indexed ready for retrieval and allows direct publishing (including sales of digital images) via your website: If you would [...]

Royal Doulton digitises archives and increases revenue

One of the reasons why Royal Doulton decided to increase the size of their digital library was to enable them to offer more imagery to their licensing subscribers and generate completely new revenue. Read the full case study, which covers the range of material, artworks and manuscripts TownsWeb Archiving digitised for Royal Doulton.

TownsWeb Archiving launches new Digitisation Consultancy Service…

What are the main considerations when undertaking a new digitisation project?… Is copyright clearance needed? Is it best to outsource or to undertake the digitisation in-house? What are the best file formats for access and print? How will the digital content be managed? Can the digital images be sold online? What is the best way [...]