Archival Digitization
Archival Digitization
At Paradigm Publishing Services, we are trusted experts in preserving and digitizing valuable print materials to ensure their accessibility and longevity in the digital era. Our comprehensive digitization services encompass every aspect of the transformation process, from sourcing to hosting, offering clients a seamless journey toward digital preservation.
Digitize your archive – make the most out of your heritage
24 Hours with Paradigm: Second Life of a Book
The Transactions of the American Philosophical Society is the oldest scholarly publication in the US. First published in 1771, it covers various fields of study, from 18th-century American history to the history of science and meteorology to evolution. Paradigm had the honor of making digital copies of the first 27 volumes available to the scientific community for years to come. The value and history of these volumes prompted us not to send the titles to our service provider as usual but to scan them in-house.
Follow Florian Hofbauer, Manager of Processes and Digitization, as he travels from Boston to Philadelphia to retrieve the timeless volumes of the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.
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What We Do
Sourcing, Digitization, and Production
We guide you through every step of the digitization process, from scanning the physical book to producing the accessible digital format. Want to digitize a book you don’t have at hand? We work closely with our library partners to source it for you with a 90% success rate.
Metadata and Post-Production
We take care of creating and enhancing bibliographic data, MARC/KBART records, DOIs, and indexing to ensure high discoverability of all titles.
Hosting and Marketing
Your content will be available on multiple high-access platforms that have been cornerstones of the scholarly community for more than 15 years. We provide individual representation on all our platforms and outlets.
Sales and Distribution
With one of the most expansive portfolios in scientific publishing and more than 500 library sales contacts worldwide, our experienced team will help boost your revenue and the dissemination of your content – be it open or paywalled.
Discover the Benefits
Digitization serves as a cornerstone for preserving scholarly heritage and facilitating collaborative research endeavors.
Our initiatives empower publishers of all sizes to embark on digitization journeys. Through our robust infrastructure and partnerships, we enable the preservation of academic literature, driving the advancement of ideas for generations to come.
For librarians, digital archives offer the following benefits:
- Filling essential gaps in holdings quickly and economically and data can help strategically expand collection and optimize content offerings freeing up substantial (and costly) shelf space
- Generating a lasting return on investment through exposure to much bigger audiences
- substantial reductions in cost-per-title download over time
- Greater insight into research trends from usage and download data
- Faster location of historic publications
- More discoverability, global reach
DGBA (De Gruyter Book Archive)
Goethe, Schleiermacher, the Brothers Grimm, Max Planck, Noam Chomsky, and Jürgen Habermas – these are just few of the authors who published with us and whose titles can be found in our archive, which comprises more than 53,000 titles. We are breathing new life into the treasures in our archive by making them digitally available.
The De Gruyter Book Archive (DGBA) is a testament to our dedication to the preservation of academic heritage. Through our innovative "edition" On-Demand service, we digitized 10,000 books that were originally published between 2011 and 2017. This success spurred us to digitize our entire archive back to 1749, offering all titles as eBooks and hardcover reprints. The DGBA provides access to over 270 years of meticulously curated scientific and literary history, carefully digitized and sensibly optimized for high-quality reading experiences.
Learn more about the De Gruyter Book Archive here.
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ABA (Akademie Verlag Book Archive)
The Akademie Verlag Book Archive (ABA) is a treasure trove of scientific publications from the German Democratic Republic (GDR, formerly East Germany). De Gruyter is digitizing the complete book archive of Akademie Verlag, the largest academic publisher of the GDR. Rooted in the history of the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin, the ABA project involves digitizing approximately 20,000 books dating from 1946 to 1989. From studies in socialist economy to medieval German texts, the ABA offers a comprehensive exploration of humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences from the GDR era.
The archive will be completed by 2025 but is available for purchase now. Holdings will be continuously updated with newly digitized titles and corresponding metadata.
Learn more about the Akademie Verlag Book Archive here.
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Digitizing De Gruyter Book Archive – Why collaborations matter for small and medium sized publishers
In 2016, the Berlin-based academic publisher De Gruyter decided to digitize its backlist back to 1749. The final archive will contain almost 50,000 titles and will be available as ebooks and POD hardcovers. De Gruyter’s desire to preserve its publishing heritage has only been possible by cooperating closely with partners. Together with library and service partners, De Gruyter is ensuring the integrity of the primary sources they offer to researchers. Meet the digitization team and partners and learn why cooperation is key to making over two centuries of publishing history available for generations to come.
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Technical Specifications
All of our books were carefully digitized and optimized to deliver high-quality eBooks:
- PDF format, indexed and full-text searchable
- DOIs and MARC records available
- DRM-free
- Available as fixed ebook packages, in P&C or as individual titles
All titles are also available as hardcover PoDs. Title lists are available on request from your regional sales contact.
Detailed technical specifications available upon request through account managers.
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