Archival-Grade Digitization is available at a $45 per yearbook rate, and has free sample scanning for all institutions.
— Today Touchstone Digital Solutions, a family owned company offering digital recognition and archival technology, announced that the company’s full version of its professional yearbook scanning service is now available to schools, universities, libraries, and alumni associations in the United States and abroad.
The service provides a comprehensive, end to end solution for digitizing the physical yearbooks into fully searchable, high-resolution digital archives, at a flat rate of around $45 per standard yearbook.
With educational institutions continuing to experience the loss of physical records and the need for more convenient access to alumni information, Touchstone offers an innovative solution designed for preservation that will safeguard original records while simultaneously making decades of institutional history accessible on demand.
The Preservation Imperative
The physical collections of yearbooks are still at risk of age, moisture, and physical damage, and some of these yearbooks date back more than 100 years. These are a type of record that is irreplaceable once lost or damaged, and impact on alumni relations, admissions and institutional advancement.
Touchstone Digital Solutions is a solution designed to meet the challenge of advanced robotics, automation and archival grade scanning technology. All projects are managed in-house from the initial consultation to a safe digital delivery.
Non Destructive Technology
The company also uses a non destructive scanning technique: all bindings are fully preserved and original volumes are returned to client institutions in the same state they were received in.
Service Deliverables
At the end of the project, institutions are given a full digital package, which consists of:
Full searchability and high resolution full color PDFs for alumni and administrators to find names, events and photos quickly and easily
Individual JPEG page images for use across websites, social media and digital displays
No data copies kept by Touchstone – No content exists outside of client control; all content is kept with the institution.
Institutions can also bring a yearbook for free scanning prior to engaging in a project, so that administrators could assess the quality of yearbooks in their own eyes. For nonprofits and large school districts, flexible payment options are available.
A Statement from Touchstone Digital Solutions
The company is “displeased” with the way the enrollment process is handled, said a Touchstone Digital Solutions spokesman.
“Whether an institution has 50 yearbooks or 500, we believe that our service is grounded in the idea that these documents are worthy of being preserved for decades for the use of alumni, administrators and future generations.”
Third-Party Perspective
The alumni relations sector’s representative spoke about the overall importance of digitizing yearbooks:
“The need for searchable alumni information has increased significantly, as reunion planning, legacy giving programs and digital outreach to alumni become integral to the way institutions engage their alumni. Institutions that have implemented professional yearbook digitization consistently share that they have seen significant enhancements in their outreach effectiveness, with the ability to search through an entire institution’s history in seconds.”
Proven Institutional Impact
Touchstone Digital Solutions has provided technology solutions for many educational institutions, including high schools, universities, military academies, and alumni associations for nonprofits.
Examples of documented outcomes include:
Digitization of collections beginning in the 1920s.
Processing of more than 100 volumes per institution.
Development of archives that enable alumni verification, reunion planning, and legacy documentation for the daily use of each institution.
Contact information is available on the website: https://touchstone-ds.com/yearbook-scanning/ or for a free sample scan.
About Touchstone Digital Solutions
Touchstone Digital Solutions is an American family-owned company offering digital recognition, archival and interactive touch screen solutions. It was established by two brothers with extensive experience in digital technology and is utilized by schools, universities, athletic programs and alumni groups globally and in North America.
Touchstone has over 150 installations and an UI/UX group that has decades of experience in the industry, and they are dedicated to making the very best relationship focused technology solutions that will help them preserve institutional history.
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