The Bodleian Library was established in 1602 and is the second largest library in the UK. It is a legal deposit library, holding approximately 13 million printed items, as well... read more →
With the recent worldwide COVID-19 pandemic Genus has been approached by several organisations, keen to release the key data held in their microfilms and microfiche. Talking to some of these... read more →
2019 was another exciting and successful year at Genus Our Digitisation Studio had an amazing year with a second shift having to be introduced to run from 17.00 – 22.00... read more →
In October last year I attended the “Microfilm in the digital era” conference in Moscow and gave a speech entitled “Microfilm in 2017 -Back to the Future 2!” about my... read more →
Genus is proud to announce the launch of another new microfilm product. After two years of heavy development Genus are now making microfilm diazo - fully manufactured, slit and packaged... read more →
On the 24th & 25th of October Paul Negus - Managing Director of Genus, attended the “Microfilming in the Digital Era” conference held at The Russian National Public Library for... read more →
A presentation by Managing Director of Genus - Paul Negus from the "Microfilming in the Digital Era" Conference: My father started The Microfilm Shop in 1974 after running a successful... read more →
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... read more →
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... read more →
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... read more →