MICROFILM SCANNING BRISBANE
For businesses, government departments, libraries, councils, and archive teams, old film records can be difficult to access and even harder to protect. Our microfilm scanning Brisbane service helps convert ageing film collections into clear, usable digital files.
We scan 16mm and 35mm microfilm, microfiche, and aperture cards using specialised systems designed for archive material. This allows your team to preserve important records while making them easier to retrieve, share, and manage.
Whether you are dealing with historical files, plans, records, reports, or long-term storage material, we provide a careful and secure digitisation process from start to finish.
OUR EXPERTISE IN MICROFILM SCANNING
At Scan2Archive, we support organisations that need accurate, secure, and well-organised archive conversion. Our team can assist with small batches through to large-scale microfilm digitisation projects, depending on your requirements.
We can help digitise:
TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR MICROFILM SCANNING SERVICES FOR YOUR BUSINESS, CONTACT US TODAY FOR A FAST, OBLIGATION-FREE QUOTE.
DEGRADATION OF FILM: WHY YOU SHOULD DIGITISE YOUR MICROFILMS
Correct storage and handling are important for preserving microfilm and fiche, but even well-kept materials can become harder to use over time. Film should ideally be stored in a clean, dark, climate-controlled environment, with stable temperature and humidity levels to reduce the risk of deterioration.
Older acetate-based film, commonly used before the 1990s, is more prone to decay than polyester-based film. When stored poorly or handled frequently, it can become brittle, distorted, or difficult to read. This makes early digitisation a smart way to protect the information before the film condition worsens.
In some cases, degrading film may develop a strong vinegar-like smell, often known as vinegar syndrome. The film may also stick together, separate, or become fragile. Through microfilm scanning Brisbane, your records can be converted into digital files while the information is still recoverable.
STEPS IN DIGITISING YOUR MICROFILM
OR MICROFICHE ARCHIVES
OBTAIN A
QUOTATION
Our preference, and is the best way to do this, is to scan a sample set of rolls or fiche. This allows us to see how the information was originally filmed and provide a scope of work and quotation best suited to the customer’s needs.
CHOOSE A
DIGITAL PARTNER
Review quotations and sample scanned microfilm or microfiche. Compare your quotations and ensure you are reviewing like for like. Some proposals will offer per page pricing and others per roll or fiche pricing. There may be additional charges for collection and transportation of materials, preparation, Optical Character Recognition (OCR), secure destruction of microfilm, file conversion and supply of digital files.
SCHEDULE THE
COLLECTION OF MATERIALS
The chosen digitisation partner will schedule the secure collection of materials to be scanned.
Scan2Archive staff collect and transport the micro media to our scanning facility. This alleviates the possible mishandling of materials by third party freight forwarders. Our staff are experienced in the handling of sensitive and archival materials. The use of our own vehicle and staff ensures Scan2Archive retain firsthand control of the materials from the point of collection to return.
PREPARATION PRIOR
TO SCANNING
The source materials are all inspected to ensure they are in a suitable condition to be scanned. Microfilm and fiche are dusted as required and sorted in suitable batches.
Checks are conducted for damage to materials and repairs carried out where possible (a variance is raised for any materials unsuitable for digitisation).
Loose frames are repositioned into their correct channel or transferred to new micro media jackets if required.
SCANNING
Scan2Archive digitise all microfilm and fiche using FlexScan professional microfilm scanning equipment.
FlexScan uses superior camera technology that produces incredible speed, precision and uniform output. Scanned images are sharper with better edge definition as FlexScan uses fibre optics as its light source, eliminating hotspots and uneven lighting.
Image enhancement software and hardware will be applied for maximum legibility and text search capability. Following scanning, the images will be processed through OCR text search software (handwritten information is not recognised, only printed / typed text).
POST
PREPARATION
Our team creates a file variance document to log any quality discrepancies. This document is completed by the preparation, scanning and quality control teams. The Operations Manager will review the file variance document daily and flag files to be re-scanned or returned to the customer if they do not meet the quality specifications for digitisation.
FILE NAMING AND
IMAGE DELIVERY
File output and naming conventions are confirmed with the customer. The most common file format for microfilm and fiche projects is PDF or PDF/A.
Digitised files are delivered via a secure FTP link or portable USB hard drive on an agreed schedule with the customer.
RETURN OR DESTRUCTION
OF MATERIALS
Prior to secure destruction of materials, Scan2Archive will request customer approval to do so. Materials are industrially shredded and pulped, and a certificate of destruction is provided. Alternatively, the materials can be securely returned to the customer’s office.
