RAMC Project

“Over the course of 2.5 years, we created 950,000 images”

This was a long term onsite project at The Wellcome Library, London. We were tasked with digitising a very wide variety of archive materials, including monographs and manuscripts, bound and loose material,  photographic collections of print/film/glass slides, ephemera, stamps, maps, newspapers and 3D objects.

We installed a range of equipment, from overhead capture systems to cradle devices, so that all eventualities were catered for.

We created a networked in-house studio and strived to work to the same standards that Wellcome’s own team had achieved in the previous few years. This required many intricate methods of capture and indexation, so as to keep continuity of appearance and quality across their considerable digital assets. Over the course of 2.5 years, we created 950,000 images with our team of 2-3 experienced staff members, and these were 100% quality controlled in-house, resulting in a 100% acceptance rate.

Below is a video of some of the images and studio scenes from the RAMC collection, which was the first tranche of the project (video made with the permission of RAMC).

Click here to view the full collection of images from this project.

Testimonials

I have yet to come across more beautifully digitised images. I am currently working with economic historians in South Africa and have come across a lot of digitised material, but the searchable PDFs you produced remain the best I have seen.

Joachim Wehner
Associate Professor in Public Policy, LSE