Professional heritage and archival digitisation
OXFORD DUPLICATION CENTRE

Heritage, Archival &
Digitisation Specialists

Professional digitisation for corporate, heritage, institutional and family collections.

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Corporate and business archive digitisation
CORPORATE & BUSINESS

Protecting Your
Important Archives

Secure in-house digitisation of documents, photographs, audio, video and legacy media.

Corporate Services →
Historical archive digitisation
HERITAGE & ARCHIVES

Preserving History
for the Future

Specialist scanning and digitisation for libraries, archives, museums and heritage collections.

Heritage Services →
Family archive digitisation
FAMILY COLLECTIONS

Your Memories.
Carefully Preserved.

From family photographs and documents to VHS, cine film, slides, negatives and audio tapes.

Family Services →
Library and Book Digitisation LIBRARIES Historical Archive Digitisation HISTORICAL Corporate Digitisation Services CORPORATE Family and Consumer Archive Digitisation CONSUMER

Professional Heritage, Archival & Digitisation Services

Providing a multi-award-winning professional heritage, archival and digitisation service in Oxford, UK for corporate, heritage and consumer collections.

We specialise in:

  • Family Archives — paper, audio-video, cine and photographs
  • Government & Corporate Documents
  • Photographic Film
  • Paper & Parchment
  • Books & Scrapbooks
  • Data Recovery
  • Broadcast Audio, Video & Motion Picture Film

From a single family wedding VHS tape to large corporate and heritage projects, our digitisation and archiving specialists provide professional solutions for preserving important collections.

Our state-of-the-art facility just outside Oxford provides secure in-house storage for your archives. Our experienced engineers and archive technicians digitise materials to the highest levels of quality and preservation.

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“

Their friendly approach to me, as a consumer client was wonderful. I brought my VHS and photographs in and they were more than happy to support my precious family archive. I felt confident leaving them in their care, especially given the clients they work with.

— Ian Jones, Consumer Client
Bodleian Library Blenheim Palace Warner Music Group The Wiener Holocaust Library


SELECTED CLIENT PROJECTS

Professional digitisation for important collections

A selection of projects prepared by our specialist archive technicians and audio-visual engineers for corporate, heritage, institutional and cultural organisations.

The Oxford Union archive digitisation
THE OXFORD UNION Photographic & Archive Digitisation

Specialist journal preparation and archival scanning

A specialist project involving the careful removal of journal spines so that fragile pages could be separated, handled safely and professionally scanned.

The prepared journals were digitally captured at 600 dpi as TIFF archival masters, creating preservation-quality digital assets for future research and online access.

Oxfordshire County Council parchment archive
OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL Heritage & Large Format Digitisation

A0 parchment Ordnance Survey archive

Our archive technicians digitised a substantial collection of fragile A0 parchment Ordnance Survey maps using specialist large-format scanning techniques.

High-resolution digital assets were produced for the Council's online heritage platform, improving access while helping to preserve the original collection.

St John's College student records archive
ST JOHN'S COLLEGE Document & Records Digitisation

Secure student records digitisation

A secure, high-volume scanning project converting student records into accurately indexed digital files according to the College's requirements.

Documents were prepared, batch scanned and quality checked before being organised and securely uploaded for continued access.

Blenheim Palace heritage collection
BLENHEIM PALACE Heritage Collection Digitisation

Preserving historically significant collections

For more than 10 years, Oxford Duplication Centre has provided specialist digitisation services including rare books, fragile media, glass plates, large-format maps and motion film.

Collections are handled using specialist equipment and careful preservation techniques to create high-quality digital assets for future access.

Warner Music Group broadcast archive
WARNER MUSIC GROUP Broadcast Audio & Video Digitisation

Professional preservation of broadcast archives

Ongoing specialist digitisation services for broadcast audio and video tape archives, converting historic magnetic media into professional preservation and access formats.

Outputs include 10-bit and ProRes 422 HQ preservation masters alongside MPEG-4 and H.264 access files.

SECTORS & SPECIALIST COLLECTIONS

Digitisation expertise across a wide range of sectors

For over 15 years, our specialist archive technicians and audio-visual engineers have supported organisations across the UK with professional digitisation, imaging and preservation services for valuable and often irreplaceable collections.

NHS & Healthcare Pharmaceutical Local Government Libraries & Museums Education Engineering & Nuclear Heritage Trusts Audio-Visual Production Automotive Charities Housing Associations Private Archives Consumer Collections
Heritage archive and book digitisation
Heritage & Archive Collections
Professional archive and media digitisation
Audio-Visual & Media Preservation
Professional corporate digitisation
Corporate & Institutional Archives

Specialist equipment. Experienced technicians.

Our in-house facilities in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, combine specialist archive scanning equipment with professional audio-visual transfer and restoration systems. We work with rare, fragile and specialist collections across document, photographic, audio, video, film and digital media.

Professional preservation standards

Our digitisation services are produced in accordance with recognised archival principles, including The National Archives Standards and IASA TC-06 guidelines for the preservation of audiovisual material.

Visit our Oxfordshire facilities Orders can be delivered to our offices in Kidlington during opening hours. We have convenient transport links and on-site parking. Contact Our Team →
OUR SERVICES

Specialist digitisation for valuable collections

From fragile heritage material to corporate records, photographic film and audiovisual collections, our specialist team provides professional digitisation tailored to your requirements.

Document, book and map digitisation
DOCUMENTS • BOOKS • MAPS

Document & Heritage Digitisation

Professional digitisation of corporate, heritage and personal document collections, including books, maps, manuscripts and fragile material.

Specialist planetary scanning for fragile books, parchment and materials up to A1+.

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Photographic film and negative digitisation
PHOTOGRAPHIC • FILM • NEGATIVES

Photographic Film Digitisation

High-quality digitisation of photographic film, slides, negatives and specialist photographic collections, including glass plates.

Carefully digitised to recognised archival standards for preservation and future access.

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Audio and video tape digitisation
AUDIO • VIDEO • FILM

Audio & Video Digitisation

Specialist transfer of audio, video, vinyl and professional broadcast formats, from individual items through to substantial archives.

Professional outputs including ProRes HQ, 10-bit AVI, MPEG-4, WAV, AIFF and MP3.

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Cherwell Business Awards Winner 2024
RECOGNITION

Award-Winning Service

Our work has been recognised through the Cherwell Business Awards, reflecting our commitment to quality, service and specialist expertise.

Winner 2024 • Winner 2022 • Finalist 2023

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