Innovative On Site: Sadie Pope Dowdell Library

pic4 4Innovative Document Imaging’s Digital Memory Media held a workshop at the Sadie Pope Dowdell Public Library in South Amboy, New Jersey this past weekend. The event was a big success! Local residents brought in photographs and film for preservation. Library Director, Elaine Gaber, noted that “the community response has been amazing!” Gaber also noted that individuals worry about trusting their treasured family artifacts to unfamiliar companies, but because of IDI’s long service to the library she knew she could recommend them wholeheartedly. “People have mentioned to me that they’ve had photographs and film from childhood that they wanted to preserve but they didn’t have the opportunity. This conversion services workshop has reminded the community of the importance of preserving family history,” she added.

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IDI Digital Memory Media Workshops credits 20% of all proceeds to the host library. “The program is a ‘win-win,'” says Gaber. “Not only does the library receive revenue, but the Digital Memory Media Workshop also assists the library in locating local historical artifacts and in bringing attention to the library’s archives and the importance of preserving local history.”

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There was opportunity for fun at the Digital Memory Media Workshop, too. Congratulations to Janet Glassmacher, winner of a digital camera courtesy of Innovative Document Imaging.

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Look for IDI Digital Memory Media Workshops on the following dates:

  • October 15, 2011: East Brunswick Public Library, East Brunswick, NJ
  • October 22, 2011: Matawan-Aberdeen Public Library, Matawan, NJ
  • October 29, 2011: Plainfield Public Library, Plainfield, NJ

To book a Digital Memory Media on-site workshop at your library, please visit idiimage.com/digitization, or contact Marty Tannenbaum, (800) 380-9058.

Innovative Action: Notes From the Field

pic10 10IDI lead scanning technician, Rachel Pieters, completed a nearly 350,000-page image conversion project at the University of London and has now moved on to the conversion of approximately 400 lab notebooks for a pharmaceutical company outside of London.

IDI is completing the digitization of the most current years of the Seacucus Sentinel. The collection includes about 10 years worth of the newspaper’s hard copy edition.

At the Warren Township Library, part of the Somerset (NJ) Library System, IDI digitized 119 rolls of microfilm for the local newspaper, The Echo.

People Management of South Plain Field, NJ relies on IDI’s Docubase Cloud Image Retrieval and Storage System to handle its record keeping. IDI regularly digitizes and stores records for the HR firm

Congratulations to Rachel Pieters for a job well done in London and kudos to the IDI Digital Memory Media team at the Sadie Pope Dowdell Library this past weekend.

Be sure to check out the IDI website for our latest news.

Thank you for your business and warmest wishes!

Sincerely,

Marty

Martin Tannenbaum

Innovative Document Imaging