Jul
19
There are huge quantities of microfilm material in the archives of organisations and institutions in the UK and it is not difficult to understand why. Huge volumes of paper documents that needed to be kept for the long term were reduced down to a preservation media that takes up a...
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Jun
05
The GDPR Conference Europe was held recently in London and it was surprising to get the feeling that a lot of businesses have not prepared for or are even aware of GDPR. GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) has been around for a while, having been introduced by the EU in...
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May
31
At Genus, we pride ourselves on our commitment to quality and information security and so we are proud to announce that we have recently achieved the internationally recognised ISO 27001 standard to complement our ISO 9001 certification. ISO 27001 is an international standard designed to help establish and maintain an...
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May
02
As experienced hands know, there’s more to a digitisation project than digitising images. Here are some tips on planning so you have your ducks in a row when the time comes. Your Audience and Goals Think about your audience and ensure the goals set by your budget holder are in...
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Feb
28
Given the success we had gathering information on the history of our microfilm reader we thought we’d call on readers once again for assistance with a current photoshoot we have planned. We are interested in finding a camera, photographic enlarger, processor and a silver film duplicator from the 1940’s or...
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Nov
02
With the increase in digital storage media and formats and the need for archives to be accessible, lots of organisations had begun to see microfilm as an old-fashioned medium for storing documents but as time moves on we are seeing ever more organisations reverting back to storing important data on...
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Aug
08
You've probably noticed by now that although we embark on many different projects involving digitisation we still feel very strongly about our old friend microfilm. “Microfilm – It's not all negative” After all it is microfilm that has made Genus the success it is today, so when our good friend...
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Aug
03
IDMi Deputy Editor John Baker is on his soapbox (again) regarding 'Lies, damned lies, and statistics reporters' and is backed-up by Paul Negus, MD of Genus I read with interest / alarm / disgust, (delete as applicable, but I reckon all of the above apply,) some online alerts I received...
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Aug
03
Thanks to our constant expansion in the supply of archival imaging equipment and services, 2016 sees Genus announce a new member to further enhance our technical support team. Anthony brings with him over 20 years experience in the microfilm and document management equipment Industry, covering a varied customer base. Anthony...
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Jul
04
Metis is an Italian company that specialises in designing and manufacturing high quality scanners for the reproduction industry. Massimo Colagrande, his brother Lorenzo and sister Silvia are Metis owners and at the Decorative Surfaces Conference in Leipzig Massimo presented their revolutionary scanning technology for industrial digital decoration. The company was...
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