Microfilm Indexing with the Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia and Backstage Library Works have been working together in recent years to tackle a reference collection stored on microfilm. Not only does the collection need to be duplicated, but the index is being updated at the same time, migrated from old, occasionally incomplete records into the Commonwealth’s ShelfLife database. While the […]
Access & Preservation with the American Craft Magazine
Read past issues of American Craft online! Recently, we had the opportunity to complete the digitization of 20 years of the American Craft magazine. Published since 1941 (formerly Craft Horizons), American Craft has fulfilled a critical role in arts scholarship. Articles and exhibition calendars connected artists and craft researchers across the United States and, as […]
General Van Fleet Papers Digitized, On To Next Steps
The George C. Marshall Foundation has been working with Backstage since 2022 to digitize a significant portion of its collections. While the majority of this work has focused on the eponymous Marshall Papers (230,000 captured images in the three years since), Backstage has also assisted with digitizing other archival collections. The papers of General James […]
Maritime Reels Return to Home Port: Preserving the Hazel Niendorff Collection
Header image provided from page 29, volume 40 of the Hazel W. Niendorff Scrapbooks on North Pacific Marine Casualties and Maritime History Collection If you are researching the maritime history of the North Pacific, the scrapbooks created by Hazel Niendorff between the 1920s and the 1960s may be a resource for you. The collection, which […]
Product Spotlight: Digitizing with South Carolina State Library
“We are pleased to provide citizens with instant access to details about the South Carolina legislature and its members. Technology from Backstage Library Works allows us to make the South Carolina Legislative Manual collection available while preserving history for future generations.” -Leesa Aiken, Agency Director, South Carolina State Library “We worked together to establish a […]
Product Spotlight: LC-CAP/COOP Made Simple, Tailored to Your Library’s Needs
“The LC-Coop workflow we’ve created: it works very well, and it’s well organized. We’ve come up with helpsheets for the project to make cataloging even easier and more accurate. Overall, it’s a smooth process from start to finish.” – Heather Dukes, Metadata Project Manager We’ve written about Backstage’s LC Coop service in the past. Recently, […]
Newspaper Microfilming With the Experts
“Working with Backstage to preserve the valuable history of our community has been a great experience. The quick turnaround, level of quality, and customer service is unmatched.”–Louise Doll, Vice President, Perkasie Historical Society In 2019, Backstage Library Works wrapped up a year and a half long project with the Perkasie Historical Society to microfilm 89,217 […]
Easier LC Coop Acquisitions with Backstage Processing
Participants in the Cooperative Acquisitions Program (CAP, or ‘LC Coop’) regularly receive print publications from around the world, expanding existing library collections and putting a focus on international acquisitions. These materials, some of which are in non-Roman character sets, need to be catalogued and processed before they can be used within the library, and members […]
