New Zealand-based Digital Library Consulting joins forces with leading German company CCS.
August 2009. Hamilton, New Zealand. – The world’s biggest libraries and other institutions will find it easier to open their collections to the world thanks to an agreement announced today between New Zealand’s Digital Library Consulting and Content Conversion Specialists (CCS) of Germany.
“CCS is a world leader in the field of digitizing library and other collections so this is a very exciting development for Digital Library Consulting,” said the company’s founder and managing director Stefan Boddie.
“Having worked with us on a number of international projects, with organizations like the National Library Board of Singapore and New Zealand’s National Library, CCS have seen real value in our Veridian software product which provides the online interface for users to search and view items in a digital collection.”
Digital Library Consulting’s Veridian software has been used for collections including those at the National Libraries of Singapore, Luxembourg, and New Zealand, and libraries at Princeton and Cornell Universities.
Veridian provides the interface used to search and view the National Library of New Zealand’s popular online newspaper archive Papers Past http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
Mr Boddie said the agreement would see CCS using Digital Library Consulting’s Veridian product in major digitization projects in Europe, Asia and America.
“Given CCS have worked with other companies in this field, their decision to use Veridian is evidence we have a product that is very competitive on a world stage,” said Mr Boddie.
There is growing worldwide demand for digitization services as libraries and other institutions seek to preserve valuable collections digitally, said Mr Boddie. “Of course these collections are of little value unless people can access, search and view them easily – which is what software does, enabling these collections to be opened to the world.”
Richard Helle, Managing Director at CCS, said his company were looking forward to collaborating with Digital Library Consulting. “Our clients digitize their stock with precision and great commitment. Veridian helps them to make this effort visible and the collections usable.”
“We are delighted that this technology – proven successful in large scale projects – is now available to a much larger market.”
About Digital Library Consulting
Based in Hamilton, New Zealand, Digital Library Consulting are experts in the field of building digital collections. Their Veridian software product enables the collection, creation and distribution of digital libraries. They have worked with a number of leading tertiary institutions and libraries throughout the US, New Zealand, Africa and the Pacific.
Established in 2002, Digital Library Consulting has eight staff and is privately held.
About CCS
CCS is a pioneer and business leader in making information available through digitization. Founded in 1976, CCS connects the digitization elements–capture, conversion, presentation and storage into a smooth, automated, quality-secured and economic production process. CCS (Content Conversion Specialists) is a privately owned company headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.
For information contact:
Stefan Boddie, Managing Director, Digital Library Consulting
Telephone +64 7 857 0830
E-mail stefan@dlconsulting.com