Digitizing Archives

Information extracted from a your archives can be converted to different formats. Here is a comparison chart:

Properties Formats
.tif .djvu .txt .html .chm .xml .pdf .lit
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Pictures
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Tables
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Text can be copied
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Page breaks
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Text highlighting
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Multiple fonts
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Original page layout
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No visible scan defects
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Mathematical and chemical formulas
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Possibility of information structuring
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The book can be saved as one file
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High speed viewing
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Low cost
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Approximate size of the page letter format(Kb)
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Which format should be used? It depends mostly of archive contents.

  • PDF. Recommended for any kind of archives. All elements of page layout can be saved. Page appearance is the same as it was originally printed. It allows full featured electronic archives with internal and external hyperlinks, footnotes, bookmarks and so on.

  • XML. Recommended for editions with structured information. For example: library catalogs and subject directories.

  • HTML, CHM. Recommended for small editions with illustrations.

  • TXT. Recommended for editions without illustrations, formulas, tables, footnotes, indexes.

  • DJVU. Recommended for fast distribution of scientific articles.

  • TIF, GIF, JPG. Recommended for archives and seldom used editions. Contains maximum information about the original edition but not-searchable and not-editeble.

    • These are the standard recommendations. Our experts can help you to choose the right format for your needs.

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