[PADG:688] NEDCC Announces New Digital Services

["Julie Carlson" <jcarlson@xxxxxxxxx>]

For Immediate release
September 2005


NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER (NEDCC) ANNOUNCES
NEW DIGITAL SERVICES

The Northeast Document Conservation Center now brings its preservation
expertise to performing high-quality digitization of historic photographs
and visual materials for libraries, archives, historical organizations,
museums, and other cultural institutions. These services have been developed
in response to requests from institutions that do not have digital experts
on staff and that are reluctant to leave valuable materials at commercial
facilities.

NEDCC digitizes from original sources to produce customized digital files in
TIFF or JPEG formats on DVDs or other media. Its technical photographers
print long-lasting images from an inkjet printer that employs archival inks
on acid-free paper in a variety of finishes.

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NEDCC CAN DIGITIZE:

Photographic prints
Film negatives
Lantern slides
Glass-plate negatives
Unusual formats
Scrapbooks
Illustrations in bound volumes
Film slides
Documents
Works of art on paper
Maps

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TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NEDCC'S ONE-STOP SHOPPING:

NEDCC's Paper and Book Conservators are available to perform conservation
treatment or traditional reformatting of original materials that are being
digitized.

NEDCC's highly trained staff has long experience in the careful handling of
fragile historic materials; its facility provides sophisticated security and
climate controls.

NEDCC is a national leader in digital training and offers advice on building
sustainable digital collections.


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EXAMPLES OF HOW NEDCC'S DIGITAL SERVICES CAN BENEFIT YOUR INSTITUTION:

Your nitrate or glass-plate negatives can be digitized and returned on DVDs.

High quality images of your works of art on paper can be added to your
online collections management database.

Your historic photographs can be digitized for Web access at the same time
they are treated by a conservator.

Your fragile town charter can be made accessible to all on your Web site.

Reprographic experts and archivists on NEDCC's staff can advise you on
planning grant projects that address the need for sustainable products.

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CALL TODAY FOR INFORMATION ON NEDCC'S DIGITAL SERVICES:

David Joyall, Technical Photographer:  978/470-1010 ext. 237,
davidj@xxxxxxxxx  or
Victoria Ellis, Director of Reprographics:  978/470-1010 ext. 227,
vellis@xxxxxxxxx

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FOR MORE INFORMATION ON NEDCC AND ITS SERVICES, VISIT:
 http://www.nedcc.org/


NEDCC is grateful to the Stevens Foundations for its support of the new
Digital Services program.