Frederick, Md. and Warwickshire, UK – The Crowley Company and Genus, a privately-owned family company formally known as The Microfilm Shop, have taken another step forward in their 30+ year partnership. Both industry leaders in digitization product and digitization service offerings in the US and UK respectively, the two firms... read more →
Dec
13
Oct
13
A 21-year-old apprentice has told Nuneaton MP Marcus Jones how securing an apprenticeship with a local family business is helping both her and her employer reach their goals. Emily Negus joined Nuneaton digital archiving firm, Genus, as an apprentice in 2018. Marcus Jones MP Meets Local Apprentice Thriving At Nuneaton... read more →
Sep
22
Following on from our recent blog— “What to look for in a large format scanner”, I want to take a closer look at which actual scanners comply and the reasonings behind our observations - as many scanners do not comply. The Zeutschel OS Q0 is available as a standard unit... read more →
Aug
25
A white paper by Volker Jansen, Technical Director, Zeutschel GmbH Books, magazines and historical documents come in hugely different colours, shapes and sizes. For libraries, archives and museums, digitisation of these items is proving to be a greater challenge than ever before. When setting up and investing in a suitable... read more →
Jul
22
Large format book scanners are expensive pieces of equipment and a high degree of due diligence should be carried out prior to making such a purchase. Choosing the correct book scanner is not as simple as looking at the resolution. Once we get beyond A2 we reach the world of... read more →
Jun
08
Genus has recently completed a project for the Scottish Fisheries Museum to digitise their photographic negative collection. In this blog we interview Linda Fitzpatrick, Curator at the Scottish Fisheries Museum to discuss the collection. From the earliest recorded history of Anstruther, fishing was the mainstay of the town. At one... read more →
May
24
Genus has recently completed a very interesting project to capture the historic Trophy collection of British Racing Motors (BRM). Founded in 1949 and active in Formula One from 1951 to 1974 the team bought together such famous names as Sir Jackie Stewart, Niki Lauda, Tony Southgate, Dan Gurney and of... read more →
Apr
27
Genus has recently been selected to supply The University of Stirling with a Zeutschel A1 Scanstudio. This upgrade of digitisation equipment will provide a new resource for researchers across the University’s Academic departments (in particular Arts & Humanities) and will also create a new ‘digitisation hub’ for heritage organisations and the... read more →
Apr
07
in March 2021, the last Zeutschel OS 14000 large format overhead scanner left Tübingen, Germany for its final destination. The new generation OS Q will carry forward the mantle of Zeutschel digitization innovation and superior image quality that is utilized by archives, libraries, museums and service bureaus worldwide for high-end... read more →
Feb
24
We are pleased to announce the recertification of our ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System. We have taken the opportunity to bring certification in line with our ISO 27001:2013 Information Security Management System and have registered both with Approachable Certification. As such you will begin to see the new logo appear... read more →