Mar 30
The Zeutschel OS Q Overhead Scanner has been delivered to Universities, Authorities and Service companies for the first time. It will be employed to digitise maps, books, construction drawings and historical certificates. Utilising the scanning system in practical applications, users are reportedly impressed by its very high image quality, extremely...
read more → Mar 24
Need better access to records whilst working from home? Are your employees working from home? Is access to vital business documents becoming an issue for these employees? Do you need to collaborate with an audit trail? Many businesses, large and small, have been forced to change how they work and...
read more → Mar 19
Genus/The Microfilm Shop will be Open for Business as normal during these troubled times of the COVID-19 virus. We have detailed below our responses, messages and new practices in light of COVID-19: Service Engineers and Maintenance Contracts – All of our Service Engineers will continue to work and visit your...
read more → Jan 28
"Thanks to feedback from customers like many of you, Scannx once again is pleased to announce that its products were recognized by LibraryWorks’ 2020 annual Modern Library Awards (MLA) for its sixth consecutive year. Scannx received the highest honours with the Platinum distinction for its Scannx Book ScanCenter and Gold...
read more → Dec 18
2019 was another exciting and successful year at Genus Our Digitisation Studio had an amazing year with a second shift having to be introduced to run from 17.00 – 22.00 every night. We even had to bring in some weekend shifts to cope with demand. Our largest project of the...
read more → Sep 25
It’s not uncommon for the current generation of desktop or departmental scanners to capture in excess of 200 images per minute, it’s never been easier to capture large numbers of image files in a short amount of time. There are also huge collections of legacy files stored as outdated or...
read more → Sep 13
The date for Windows 7 End of Life is 14th January 2020. This means Microsoft will discontinue all support, and all updates, including security updates. Up to this date, we are in a phase known as “extended support.” During this phase, Microsoft is offering paid support, though not the complimentary...
read more → Aug 29
For many years, the OS 14000 book scanner was regarded as the ultimate capture device for digitisation projects that require the highest standards of quality and productivity. New technological developments and Zeutschel's consistent work on technical innovations lead to the next generation of Zeutschel scanners, which surpasses anything previously seen...
read more → Jun 20
In July 2018 we were asked to supply digitisation equipment and staff training at The National Record office of Sudan and The University of Khartoum. Installation and training was provided by our Lead Engineer – Simon Brown and General Manager – Chris Elwell who installed Metis Gamma’s, camera copystations, A3...
read more → Jun 03
Background The Royal Navy’s Naval Historical Branch (NHB) have in their possession one of only two original copies of the World War 2 Admiralty Diary. The other copy is at the National Archives, London and as yet, despite the fragile nature of the 204 volumes neither have been digitised. The...
read more → May 30
We are proud to announce that the double A0 flatbed scanner VERSASCAN 4870 won the Product of the Year Award at SGIA 2018. SGIA's annual Product of the Year competition showcases products that keep the specialty imaging industry moving forward. Winning companies achieve worldwide recognition and the ability to market...
read more → Apr 25
Once again, we will be exhibiting at the Museums and Heritage Show on the 15 + 16 May in London, Olympia, Stand M4. The Show offers two jam-packed days featuring more than 50 free talks, 150 suppliers, consultants and a raft of special features. Having exhibited at the show for...
read more → Apr 10
On the 4th April 2019, we hosted a unique, invitation-only event on the very latest developments in Digitisation Standards and Quality Management at The National Gallery, London. Attendees at the conference included top imaging professionals from well-known digitisation and photographic institutions. Organisations such as The British Library, The Wellcome Trust,...
read more → Mar 01
Users can now scan and automatically translate paper documents into more than 60 languages Scanning solutions provider Scannx, Inc. today debuted its cutting-edge new Scan to Translate service, which enables users to instantly translate printed documents into another language without having to manually retype the text into a separate document or online...
read more → Mar 01
Easier operation and higher productivity - upgrade offer available More functionality at the same price: The new zeta comes with a larger, state-of-the-art touchscreen, more computing power under Windows 10 and the latest zeta software version. The Zeutschel overhead scanner features a scanning unit located above the document support surface....
read more → Jan 10
Join us in Leeds, Bristol or Nuneaton Back in 2015 we held the first of our many Digitisation Workshops at our studio facilities in Nuneaton. With over 15 open days being held to date we are now looking to widen the interest by travelling around the country. Bristol and Leeds...
read more → Oct 08
Scannx is a leading developer of cloud-based document scanning and delivery solutions for archives and libraries. Scannx book scanners and software are the first in the industry to provide direct scan-to-smartphones and tablets with patents pending, self-service scanning with a user-friendly touchscreen interface, and Scannx Cloud Services® tools that IT...
read more → Jun 28
In August 2017 we announced the installation of Goobi workflow management software to aid our digitisation processes, since then Goobi has helped us manage several complex digitisation projects of a very large scale. In this blog we look at our progress with Goobi so far…. Goobi is a unique platform...
read more → Jan 30
In October last year I attended the “Microfilm in the digital era” conference in Moscow and gave a speech entitled “Microfilm in 2017 -Back to the Future 2!” about my views of the current status of the microfilm industry. At the conference I talked to a number of end users...
read more → Jan 30
Genus is proud to announce the launch of another new microfilm product. After two years of heavy development Genus are now making microfilm diazo - fully manufactured, slit and packaged in the UK. When Genus bought the German company Eichner a decade ago it inherited all of the protected formulas...
read more → Nov 06
On the 24th & 25th of October Paul Negus - Managing Director of Genus, attended the “Microfilming in the Digital Era” conference held at The Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology (GPNTB) Moscow, to present his speech entitled “Microfilm in 2017 -Back to the Future 2!”. The overall...
read more → Nov 06
A presentation by Managing Director of Genus - Paul Negus from the "Microfilming in the Digital Era" Conference: My father started The Microfilm Shop in 1974 after running a successful Microfilm Bureau for several years. When he retired in 1996 he was told – “You are getting out of the...
read more → Oct 12
Digital Collections Development Manager, Anna Creedon tells us about London Transport Museum’s latest digitisation project using the Versascan A0 flatbed The Collection The collection at London Transport Museum comprises of more than 450,000 objects, which cover all aspects of public transport in London from 1800 to the present day. The...
read more → Sep 08
Ancestor Homes, Guest Blog Our giant scanning week was a fantastic success; we managed to digitise over 3,000 documents! Once we have indexed and transcribed them they will be added to our website so you can trace your ancestors and add detail to your family tree. We hired the SMA...
read more → Aug 10
Genus is pleased to announce the recent installation of Goobi workflow to aid digitisation processes in-house and on-site. Goobi’s core task is to manage digitisation project workflows - in a combination of several different steps. In the case of retro-digitisation, this may, for example, involve many relatively short tasks performed...
read more → Jul 19
There are huge quantities of microfilm material in the archives of organisations and institutions in the UK and it is not difficult to understand why. Huge volumes of paper documents that needed to be kept for the long term were reduced down to a preservation media that takes up a...
read more → Jun 05
The GDPR Conference Europe was held recently in London and it was surprising to get the feeling that a lot of businesses have not prepared for or are even aware of GDPR. GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) has been around for a while, having been introduced by the EU in...
read more → May 31
At Genus, we pride ourselves on our commitment to quality and information security and so we are proud to announce that we have recently achieved the internationally recognised ISO 27001 standard to complement our ISO 9001 certification. ISO 27001 is an international standard designed to help establish and maintain an...
read more → May 02
As experienced hands know, there’s more to a digitisation project than digitising images. Here are some tips on planning so you have your ducks in a row when the time comes. Your Audience and Goals Think about your audience and ensure the goals set by your budget holder are in...
read more → Feb 28
Given the success we had gathering information on the history of our microfilm reader we thought we’d call on readers once again for assistance with a current photoshoot we have planned. We are interested in finding a camera, photographic enlarger, processor and a silver film duplicator from the 1940’s or...
read more → Nov 02
With the increase in digital storage media and formats and the need for archives to be accessible, lots of organisations had begun to see microfilm as an old-fashioned medium for storing documents but as time moves on we are seeing ever more organisations reverting back to storing important data on...
read more → Aug 08
You've probably noticed by now that although we embark on many different projects involving digitisation we still feel very strongly about our old friend microfilm. “Microfilm – It's not all negative” After all it is microfilm that has made Genus the success it is today, so when our good friend...
read more → Aug 03
IDMi Deputy Editor John Baker is on his soapbox (again) regarding 'Lies, damned lies, and statistics reporters' and is backed-up by Paul Negus, MD of Genus I read with interest / alarm / disgust, (delete as applicable, but I reckon all of the above apply,) some online alerts I received...
read more → Aug 03
Thanks to our constant expansion in the supply of archival imaging equipment and services, 2016 sees Genus announce a new member to further enhance our technical support team. Anthony brings with him over 20 years experience in the microfilm and document management equipment Industry, covering a varied customer base. Anthony...
read more → Jul 04
Metis is an Italian company that specialises in designing and manufacturing high quality scanners for the reproduction industry. Massimo Colagrande, his brother Lorenzo and sister Silvia are Metis owners and at the Decorative Surfaces Conference in Leipzig Massimo presented their revolutionary scanning technology for industrial digital decoration. The company was...
read more → Jun 24
As a culture, we value high definition (HD) image resolution. An anthropological study has yet to be done on the societal importance of advanced image quality (I think) but the fact remains that HD is now a common feature in several industries worldwide. Products ranging from televisions to sunglasses are...
read more → May 23
As easy-to-use self-service scanners become commonplace in libraries across the country, the debate over the future of photocopiers is changing. Once, digital scanners were seen as a convenient supplemental service, while the multi-function copy machine was the temperamental workhorse of the library. Today, the momentum is shifting, and a growing...
read more → May 19
The Genus Group are sad to announce the death of Mrs Brenda May Hubbard at the age of 91 after a short illness. Brenda was one of the founding senior managers of J & J Negus Ltd - the parent company of The Genus Group. She and John Negus created...
read more → Nov 12
Genus are the UK distributor for Roth & Weber (ROWE) large format reprographic scanners. Here we look at one example of their usage in a demanding environment. Background ASM Datacore Ltd is a longstanding customer of Genus and has over 30 years of experience in document handling, document management,...
read more → Oct 28
Since 2008 Genus have been supplying Luminary Trading with high quality digitised images of their newspaper collections. Over the last 7 years Genus have built up a strong relationship with Luminary Trading based on exceptional image quality, a great understanding of heritage digitisation and document handling, together with a strong...
read more → Oct 19
In May this year Fujifilm Inc. of America, officially announced the arrival of a new Fujifilm microfilm for the US market. The new Fujifilm is compatible with all 16mm raster image recorders, and comes in both 16mm x 30.5m (100ft) and 16mm x 65m (215ft) versions. The launch of a...
read more → Aug 06
More than an open scan track Since its first pre-launch showing at CeBIT 2013 the SCAMAX 8x1 has already been voted product of the year by the readers of Postmaster-Magazin in Germany and came runner up at the 2014 DM Awards in the High Volume Imaging Product of the Year...
read more → May 18
Walk into any professional digitisation studio capturing heritage/library material and you are most likely to see a mixture of specialist scanning equipment and copy stands using DSLR cameras. The development of the CMOS capture sensor has been quite phenomenal and this is mainly down to the vast quantity now in...
read more → Mar 24
As a small organisation we use digital data day in, day out. Of course we do. Everybody does. However what do we do about those really important documents that we have to keep forever – lease documents, property title deeds, employee records, pension files, contracts and legal documents? As a...
read more → Mar 24
Not names you would normally expect to hear in the same phrase but there is a reason. A recent enquiry from a client led to the installation of a Wicks & Wilson C-Drive X Aperture Card Scanner at The Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (RAFBBMF), based at...
read more → Feb 24
Genus is proud to report on the installation of a book2net Spirit Advance book scanner for self-service use at the University of Birmingham library. Here, Genus discusses the project with Elaine Lewis, Service Development Manager. Background University of Birmingham Library delivers services to over 9 libraries on 4 different sites....
read more → Feb 11
In a continuation of its close relationship with Fujifilm, Genus are proud to announce it is the UK partner for the Fujifilm Archive Services long term information storage platform. Using brand new high density Fujifilm tape storage media and a state of the art clean room secure storage environment Fujifilm...
read more → Feb 10
Genus recently attended a Digital Preservation Coalition event at the British Library called “What I wish I knew before I started.” This one-day conference brought together a group of leading practitioners with the next generation of archivists, records managers and librarians to discuss the challenges of keeping digital collections. Digital...
read more → Feb 10
The company behind some of the most popular public and production library and heritage digitisation systems is pleased to announce the launch of its latest product, the K71 camera. The K71 is set to revolutionise the use of high resolution DSLR cameras in the heritage sector. Currently the majority of...
read more → Dec 23
When you start out on a digitisation project you need to ask some key questions and the priority of these maybe different for each project. Consider why you are doing this and what will the end goal be. It could be that the content is high use and as such...
read more → Dec 09
2014 sees Genus celebrate its 40th anniversary of supplying archival imaging solutions, and as we enter our fifth decade we are delighted to announce a new member to further enhance our commitment to the specialist digitisation of heritage materials. Andrew Austin joins us as Head of Digitisation Solutions, with 15...
read more → Nov 18
As museums, libraries and archives digitise their collections the term ‘petabyte’ [which is one up from terabyte and two up from a gigabyte] has become increasingly regular in conversations. While we are all used to free or low-cost digital storage, data storage on this level still means cost is a...
read more → Jun 01
Having supplied the Imaging Services department of the Wellcome Library with several types of book scanning and capture systems including book2net A2 High Resolution Scanner with 20cm Motorised Cradle, Guardian A0 System for use with Hasselblad cameras and Dedicated Conservation Cradle for handling of ultra-fragile and rare media. Genus was...
read more → Jun 01
We took the book2net Spirit for a free on-site demonstration to the main library at the University of Plymouth. The main reason for this demonstration was to allow the library and students the opportunity to trial some of their books and documents and speak to our team on the way...
read more → Jun 01
In June 2011, the National Library of Scotland installed two public use book2net Kiosks to allow an enhanced book scanning service for their users. We interviewed Preservation and Conservation Manager, Rab Jackson, on the key reasons for implementing these modem, next generation book scanners. What is the National library of...
read more → May 01
As the exclusive distributor for the regions of Europe, Middle East and Africa, The Microfilm Shop division of Genus receives "Best Performance in Microfilm Sales" Award from Fujifilm Europe GmbH as the sales of Fujifilm microfilm products for EMEA completely outstrip all contractual sales expectations and forecasts. Takashi Nomura, Business...
read more → Dec 01
Genus launch Hyperwave Document Management, Records Management, Web Content Management, Workflow and Collaboration software in the UK. Click here to read more about Hyperwave.
Oct 01
At this year's DM Awards in London, Genus won website of the year for their new online shopping site www.paperscanners.co.uk. The website is host to a wide variety of book, document, photographic and medical scanners from experienced and influential manufacturers in Germany and Taiwan, exclusively to Genus in the UK....
read more → Apr 01
A white paper written by The Microfilm Collaboration Working Group. Click here to view.
Mar 02
Genus, a long established specialist in the Document Management services industry, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Micrographic, Xerox Large Format and Scanner Equipment service and consumables division of Venex Technical Developments Ltd. With over 35 years experience in the micrographic and document management arena, Genus is delighted...
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