SP&C Document Archiving Consultant, Steven McPherson was contacted by a client to submit a quote for digitisation of a local authority archive. He visited the client, where they were met... read more →
In honour of Women's History Month this month, we delve into the remarkable stories of four extraordinary women from our very own Archive and Microfilm industry, whose contributions spanned various... read more →
I first came across microfilm in 1968 when Paul Negus was born. Therefore, he has lived in a microfilm environment all his life. I was working for a local authority... read more →
What a journey! From our humble starting days of my Mum processing rolls of microfilm in the spare bedroom to rapidly expanding in 2023 to 50 staff and halfway through... read more →
Based in in Darlaston in the industrial “Black Country” of England, Rubery Owen was founded in 1884 and was once one of the largest private employers in Europe, becoming Rubery... read more →
When Rob Petersen was a four-year-old child growing up 100m from the Dutch racing circuit of Zandvoort, the sound of... read more →
Genus and Zeutschel were very pleased to host a Digitisation and Standards Quality Management Conference at the Wellcome Trust on Tuesday 13th June 2023. Many thanks to Richard Everett and... read more →
Thank you for joining us at the Museums & Heritage Show last week. We sincerely appreciate your presence and hope you had a fantastic experience exploring the event. From engaging... read more →
We’re really excited to be at the Museums and Heritage Show in Olympia on Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th May. One of the things we’re most excited about is being... read more →
From the 11th - 13th November 2022 Genus showcased its’ new 3D Object Digitisation Service in conjunction with digitisation.io at the Classic Motor Show at the NEC in Birmingham. Our... read more →
For over 40 years Genus has been a trusted supplier of photographic and digitisation supplies and services to the museums, libraries and archives sector. Now, in partnership with digitisation experts,... read more →
On Thursday 13th October Genus held our inaugural Pixels of Possibility event at the Silverstone Interactive Museum. It was an amazing day, attended by over 30 different organisations - all... read more →
With more and more organisations in the UK & Ireland becoming aware of cultural heritage standards such as Metamorfoze, FADGI and ISO, the requirement to understand the parameters and have... read more →
We are delighted to announce we have formed a commercial partnership with the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs (FBHVC) to offer a bespoke digitisation service to the many organisations;... read more →
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... read more →
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... read more →
Genus are pleased to be able to introduce a brand-new 360-degree motorised creative lighting and camera platform for the photographic industry. The Light Revolution LR4 system is a multi-platform lighting... read more →
Genus has been selected to digitise an exciting Glass Plate Negative collection, previously unseen for generations. The collection was made by Alfred Ernest Raddy, the great grandfather of Colin Raddy,... read more →
Goobi is a post-processing and workflow application for digitisation projects. It is completely configurable with the ability to add or remove modules according to the workflow requirements of the organisation.... read more →
A free webinar presented by: Geoff Laycock, Director at Scan Data Experts - in association with Genus Thu, July 9, 2020 - 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM BST When embarking on a... read more →
Sanlam are a major provider of financial products and services. Established internationally for over 100 years they are a proven market leader with innovation a key cornerstone of their award... read more →
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 →
Since the Company’s incorporation in 1974 our customer base has included Museums and Archives, Financial Institutions, LGA’s and service bureaux. We have always specialised in Document Archiving, beginning with microfilm... read more →
It’s not uncommon for the current generation of desktop or departmental scanners to capture in excess of 200 images per minute, it’s never been easier to capture large numbers of... read more →
In July 2018 we were asked to supply digitisation equipment and staff training at The National Record office of Sudan and The University of Khartoum. Installation and training was provided... read more →
Background The Royal Navy’s Naval Historical Branch (NHB) have in their possession one of only two original copies of the World War 2 Admiralty Diary. The other copy is at... read more →
Once again, we will be exhibiting at the Museums and Heritage Show on the 15 + 16 May in London, Olympia, Stand M4. The Show offers two jam-packed days featuring... read more →
On the 4th April 2019, we hosted a unique, invitation-only event on the very latest developments in Digitisation Standards and Quality Management at The National Gallery, London. Attendees at the... read more →
Scannx is a leading developer of cloud-based document scanning and delivery solutions for archives and libraries. Scannx book scanners and software are the first in the industry to provide direct... read more →
In August 2017 we announced the installation of Goobi workflow management software to aid our digitisation processes, since then Goobi has helped us manage several complex digitisation projects of a... read more →
Digital Collections Development Manager, Anna Creedon tells us about London Transport Museum’s latest digitisation project using the Versascan A0 flatbed The Collection The collection at London Transport Museum comprises of... read more →
Genus is pleased to announce the recent installation of Goobi workflow to aid digitisation processes in-house and on-site. Goobi’s core task is to manage digitisation project workflows - in a... read more →
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... 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 →
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... read more →
Since 2008 Genus have been supplying Luminary Trading with high quality digitised images of their newspaper collections. Over the last 7 years Genus have built up a strong relationship with... read more →
Walk into any professional digitisation studio capturing heritage/library material and you are most likely to see a mixture of specialist scanning equipment and copy stands using DSLR cameras. The development... read more →
Genus recently attended a Digital Preservation Coalition event at the British Library called “What I wish I knew before I started.” This one-day conference brought together a group of leading... read more →
When you start out on a digitisation project you need to ask some key questions and the priority of these maybe different for each project. Consider why you are doing... read more →
As museums, libraries and archives digitise their collections the term ‘petabyte’ [which is one up from terabyte and two up from a gigabyte] has become increasingly regular in conversations. While... read more →