Registers, ledgers and rare books are scanned whole on overhead scanners that never touch the page, cradled so the spine is never forced.
Overhead book scanners light and capture each page from above, with lighting that does the original no harm.
Special book cradles support the binding, so a tight or fragile book is never pressed flat.
Loose, torn or water-damaged volumes can be stabilised by hand before they are scanned.
Each image is checked for focus, colour and missed pages before the book goes back on the shelf.
Two decades of scanning for councils, archives and estates means we have handled most kinds of bound record:
Pages can be transcribed as they are scanned, so the register becomes searchable as well as safe.
No. Registers and books are scanned whole, without cutting, on overhead scanners that never touch the page.
Usually, yes. We can stabilise loose pages and damaged bindings by hand first, so the book survives being scanned.
We will suggest the best way to scan them, with a quote.