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Seattle, WA – April
29, 2005 – SmallTownPapers, Inc. announced today that it has selected
Frederick, Maryland-based Crowley Micrographics to provide its bound
newspaper scanning services. The
contract will enable SmallTownPapers, a five year old Seattle-based
newspaper digital archive company, to expand its online offerings of
archived newspapers from small towns across the US.
SmallTownPapers works with publishers of newspapers in American small towns
to create high-quality, searchable, online versions of their newspaper
archives providing quick and easy access to the unique historical
information they hold. The
digital imaging, provided at no cost to the publisher, preserves what are
often the only remaining copies of delicate or damaged newspapers opening
the door to historical information that has been virtually unavailable. Due
to the fragile nature of many of the newspapers involved, it was essential
SmallTownPapers seek out a company with expertise in scanning delicate
publications.
“Crowley Micrographics was selected for its experience and high quality
standards in the scanning of old and fragile bound books and large format
materials like newspapers using specialized, high-resolution, overhead
cameras,” said Paul Jeffko, founder and president of SmallTownPapers.
Crowley Micrographics, a division of The Crowley Company, specializes in the
preservation microfilming and digital scanning conversion of documents and
film images. The company is the
exclusive North American distributor for Zeutschel GmbH and will use
Zeutschel Omniscan digital scanners to scan more than one million newspaper
pages for SmallTownPapers. Zeutschel
is recognized globally for the manufacturing of high performance scan
systems.
Through the SmallTownPapers website (www.smalltownpapers.com)
viewers can see an archived newspaper exactly as it was printed and search
for words or phrases appearing in articles, photographs or advertisements.
Currently, the SmallTownPapers website features more than 150,000
pages of newspaper archives from nearly 40 newspapers in 14 states.
The first phase of the expansion project with Crowley Micrographics
will begin in May 2005 and will result in the addition of 1.4 million
scanned newspaper pages. When
completed, the collection is expected to include 15 million pages from more
than 300 newspaper publishers nationwide.
For
more information on Crowley Micrographics visit www.crowleymicrographics.com.
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