Expert digitisation consultants
Inhouse collection & delivery service
Accredited digitisation studio team
Highly accurate results
Instantaneous digital content searches
Capture data from any material type
Showcase your collections online
Improve access & discoverability 
Fully immersive virtual experiences
The story of the TWA Digitisation Grant told through the ARA’s ARC Magazine Microsite
Following the launch of the ARA’s ARC Magazine Microsite, we track the lifetime of the TWA Digitisation Grant, discovered through back issues of the ARC magazine!
We have been working with TWA for a number of years on one of our major operational digitisation workstreams. Their team, based on-site, are highly skilled, and can tackle a wide range of material types from our collections, helping us to provide free access to archives online. Their team has integrated well with our digitisation staff at Wellcome, helping us to achieve an efficient and seamless operation, even when we’ve had disruptions due to Covid lockdowns and building closures.
Protect heritage
Guard against deterioration, damage and loss with robust digital duplicates
Uphold branding
Maintain consistency of style and reputation and safeguard against infringements
Engage audiences
Attract and grow online audiences through innovative tools and features
Embrace flexibility
Celebrate collection diversity with a flexible suite of services for all material types
Digitisation
Digitise your public sector archives
Access to public sector archives must always be balanced against the vulnerable nature of physical heritage items. The creation of digital replicas is an ideal way to overcomes this issues around heritage records, removing barriers to access and any risks associated with physical handling and manipulation. Digitisation enables archive content to be utilised for digital storytelling no matter the material type and existing condition, perfect for growing audiences.
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Data Capture
Harness valuable, searchable content
Capturing the data contained within your public archive enables you to take full control. We offer a range of data capture services, employed at either the point of, or post, digitisation. Specialist technicians are always on hand as you move from physical public sector archive to digital public sector archive, helping you to harness the content that will later drive your archive search and open up possibilities for increased engagement and growth.
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Publishing
Manage and showcase your collections
Holders of public sector archives are increasingly looking for new ways to manage and share their collections online, using historical records to create visually appealing digital stories that pose no risk to your physical items. Partnered with PastView, phenomenal opportunities for access and discovery are presented, overcoming boundaries and showcasing content through a wide range of innovative and exciting features, breathing new life into public archives.
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I’m here to help!
Talking to people about their specific material and short and long term archive goals is what we do. You really can’t beat speaking to a human, so do get in touch for an informal chat with Josh about the digitisation and publishing or your public sector archive.
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"Royal College of Nursing’s old physical publications can be difficult to find outside of our London library. With members across the UK, and users from across the world, having digitised access is really important to us. Understanding historic developments in clinical nursing practice can have a significant impact for nursing today. Some internal funding meant we could digitise a tranche of past publications, making professional nursing more visible. Townsweb’s support for this work means we will be able to provide a quality service to our users quickly and effectively."
Teresa Doherty
Royal College of Nursing
"We have been working with TWA for a number of years on one of our major operational digitisation workstreams. Their team, based on-site, are highly skilled, and can tackle a wide range of material types from our collections, helping us to provide free access to archives online. Their team has integrated well with our digitisation staff at Wellcome, helping us to achieve an efficient and seamless operation, even when we’ve had disruptions due to Covid lockdowns and building closures."
Christy Henshaw
Wellcome Collection
"PastView has provided us with the tools needed to allow access to our ever-growing collection of archive images, newspapers and media. As our archive has grown Townsweb has been there every step of the way to support, advise and help develop our digital collections to be the best they can be."
Steve Jones
Herefordshire Libraries
"Townsweb digitised a large collection of handwritten catalogue slips and provided transcriptions of key metadata. We were very happy with the quality of both images and text."
Matthew Holford
Bodleian Libraries
Recent news & customer stories from public sector archives
The National Holocaust Centre and Museum – Stories of Survival
Find out how the The National Holocaust Centre and Museum prepared their AV content for digitisation and transcription ready for their ‘Stories of Survival’ project.
Herefordshire History – Life Under Lockdown!
Herefordshire History talk about their ‘life under lockdown’ project and share their tips for starting a project documenting the face of COVID-19 in your own community