SDS Heritage
Specialists in digitisation of rare, precious and priceless archives
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Description in here
SDS Heritage specialise in digitally converting publications, reports, minutes, journals, photographs, historic books, and general archives of associations, institutions, organisations, clubs and individual establishments (both private and commercial) on to CD-ROM, DVD and the Internet...
We are experts in scanning and archiving, and are the UK leading private company in this field. As a result of successfully scanning and converting various journals and historical archives, it was decided in 2001 to create this specialist division of the SDS Group, whose task is to deal solely with the secure digital conversion of heritage archives. SDS Heritage can scan any document archive that is between one and 900 years old.
We are very experienced in scanning fragile and rare publications through work with the Petrie Museum of Ancient Egyptian Archaeology, the London Geological Society (its Murchison Notebooks), and in scanning property deeds for the John Lewis Partnership and British Gas that date back to the 16th Century. Our experience extends further, and covers material as diverse as local and central government (including prisons and hospitals) and famous, historical and political individuals.
Schools & Universities
We have worked with the HMC and more than fifty of its schools. Such digital archives can re-awaken interest from past students, and increase alumini membership. They can help to generate new investment and, perhaps most importantly of all, preserve important historic information about your school...
Museums & Libraries
Museums and libraries house enormous quantities of important, historical artefacts and documentation. Unfortuately, for obvious practical reasons, not all of these documents can be made available to everyone. SDS Heritage believe that such institutions could greatly benefit from a digital archive...
Livery Companies
With our systems, Clerks can quickly research answers to questions, and your company’s most valuable asset – its knowledge and information – is protected and preserved for future succesors. We have already produced systems for the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, Marketors, Saddlers, and Drapers...
Our Areas
of Expertise
Our company may specialise in the scanning and conversion of historic and heritage documentation and materials, but our years of experience have also enabled us to tailor packages and solutions to suit different types of archive subjects and materials, and also to cater for specific types of client, from individual personal archives, to entire museum exhibitions...
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The Royal Philatelic Society's Digital Archive – The London Philatelist on CD-ROM
The Royal Philatelic Society London is the oldest philatelic society in the world. Since 1892 it has published a periodical called The London Philatelist. SDS Heritage was naturally delighted to be asked to assist in the creation of The London Philatelist on CD-ROM. This digital archive comprises 116 volumes, containing more than 20,000 articles, and over 32,000 pages...
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St Moritz Tobogganing Club – The Cresta Run
The St Moritz Tobogganing Club has its origins in the early 1880s and its archived records date from as far back as 1884. Its archive contains nearly 400,000 records of each season’s daily practice results and race times from the famous Cresta Run. Recording all of this information to CD-ROM with the necessary supporting database and user interface software was both an honour and a privilege for SDS Heritage.
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Royal National Lifeboat Association – The Lifeboat Magazine
The RNLI has for more than 150 years produced a journal, called The Lifeboat, recording the activities of this internationally famous charitable institution. It has a complete archive of the original journals, including the very first issue from 1852, stored at the charity's headquarters in Poole, Dorset. In 2006, the RNLI engaged SDS Heritage to convert its entire journal collection into digital format...
Read more...Over the past twenty years we have built up an enviable list of clients, from educational establishments, institutions and governmental departments, through to famous and noteable individuals, and blue chip and FTSE 100 listed corporations, including...
