Books

Digitising books is the most effective way to preserve valuable knowledge and cultural heritage while increasing accessibility. Paper books are vulnerable to theft, fire, and water damage. By digitising your books, you protect them against these risks and make them easily accessible to employees, students, researchers, or the general public.

Archive-IT provides a secure, high-quality, and sustainable digitisation service, fully tailored to your collection.

How Does the Book Digitisation Process Work?

For book digitisation, we use a specialised book scanner designed specifically to digitise books without causing any damage. Unlike standard scanners, there is no need to disassemble the book — it remains completely intact.

Here’s how the process works:

  • The book is placed on a glass plate and gently opened.
  • A high-resolution camera captures a sharp image of each page.
  • An operator manually turns the pages, ensuring the process is handled with care and precision.
  • The images are digitally processed, potentially using OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology to enable text searchability.

The result: a high-quality digital file, faithful to the original book — but now securely preserved and widely accessible.

The Benefits of Digital Books

  • Accessible Anytime, Anywhere: Digital books are available 24/7 and can be accessed by multiple users at once. Ideal for (semi-)public institutions, knowledge centres, or educational organisations.
  • Efficient and Time-Saving: OCR allows you to search by keyword, significantly reducing the time spent locating specific information.
  • Preservation and Protection: Digital files retain their quality indefinitely and are immune to physical wear. Risks such as fire, theft, or moisture damage are eliminated. Cloud storage with backup ensures additional security.
  • Supports Hybrid and Digital Working: A digital book collection aligns perfectly with today’s flexible digital work environments, contributing to a paper-light or paperless organisation.

What Does It Cost to Digitise Books?

As every book is unique in terms of size, condition, and number of pages, we always provide a bespoke quotation. This ensures complete transparency and no unexpected costs.

Interested in digitising your books? Feel free to contact one of our advisers — we’ll be happy to explore the options with you.

More Than Just Book Digitisation

Archive-IT also offers a range of specialist digitisation services, including:

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