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the newspaper archive scanning service from SmallTownPapersTM

Simple and affordable program works at your pace and budget.

Whether you have bound volumes or stacks of loose editions, making digital copies now will preserve your newspaper's archive forever. Discover the benefits of searching by keyword or simply browsing through your historic archives right from your desktop!

Archive Bound Books

With ArchiveInABox, there’s no commitment and no long-term, expensive contracts. You determine how much and how often your archive materials are scanned. You own the scans and control how your archive is accessed.

Bound Volume Archives

All scanning services, shipping & logistics, and hard drive media are included in the affordable per-page price. Best of all, there is no additional cost to host your archive online with our free hosted solution*, or we’ll build your own custom website to your specifications.

View example of our free hosted solution

*One-time processing fee and certain conditions apply to free hosting offer.

ArchiveInABox

We have produced millions of scans from bound volume archives with a straight-forward, proven system:
  • We deliver an industrial shipping box
  • We help you decide what to scan
  • We pick up the shipping box via UPS
  • We scan bound volumes intact using only non-destructive scanning methods
  • We produce high-quality grayscale or color TIFF scans
  • We return ship your material intact
  • We deliver your digital copies on a premium quality portable hard drive
  • We provide online hosting options where you can access your archives online
  • All scanning work performed in the United States

Targeted Extraction from SmallTownPapersTM

With Targeted Extraction, you can access the people, places and events recorded in your historic archive in custom databases. Maximize the potential of your relationships by unlocking and organizing all the content recorded in your newspaper's printed archive!

We used Targeted Extraction to produce over 70,000 articles for SmallTownNews.com.
Gather, Pack, Scan, Online, Ship