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Data Migration & Ingest Services

Our specialists are on hand to support you throughout the migration and ingest process. We're experts in understanding collection data, ensuring that your digital archive is prepared to take advantage of PastView's  extensive discovery and access features. Take advantage of our data migration & ingest services, to benefit from:

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Reach project objectives

Realise the project objectives and realise the full  potential of your data.

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Increase searchability

Enhance discovery and access of your digital collections.

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Reduce costs

Save time and money, by implementing mass data management expertise.

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Connect collections

Establish multiple pathways into and between collections.

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The Royal Logistics Corps Museum
Migrating a Military Archive to PastView

The experience working with the staff of PastView, going through the process of putting together a new website and the whole data migration process has been very easy and straightforward. We have been able to put a lot of our own thoughts into how we wished to portray our museum collections online, with the help of professionals giving their help and input.

Tess Manders
Archivist

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Wigan Council Logo
The Sandhurst Collection Logo
Herefordshire History Logo
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Logo
Devon & Exeter Institution Logo
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Consult

We work with you to understand your data objectives

Our data migration specialists are here to help. An initial consultation helps us to establish your project goals and aspirations for your digital collections, ensuring a seamless migration to the PastView platform.

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Extract

Migrate collections from anywhere

We're experienced at extracting digital collections, either from your existing collection management system or from storage methods including; cloud storage, hard drives, or even physical materials utilising digitisation.

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Transform

Prepare collections for ingest

Getting PastView ready means optimising your collection structures, organising your item metadata, and taking advantage of our automatic data capture services to ensure your digital archive is discoverable by your audiences.

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Load

Get your collections ready to drive engagement

Getting PastView ready also means ensuring that your collections are curated with engagement and discovery in mind. We're here to support you with the organisation of your collections, helping you to make best use of PastView's many publishing features, such as 3D Page Turning and Object Viewer.

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Consultation

Initial consultation of your digital collections to establish your project requirements.

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Item Extraction

Scoping of your current collection management system or dataset to establish data for extraction.

Data analysis

Analyses of datasets, comparing against metadata for plannng and import.

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Importing

Uploading files to TWA's Amazon Web Servies (AWS) account vis 'S3'.

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Manipulation

Organisation of ingested data to get collections PastView ready.

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Metadata Extraction

Analyses of datasets, comparing against metadata for plannng and import.

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Conversion

Converting data from TWA's AWS S3 account to PastView and processing for display.

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Processing

Importing metada using bespoke script, relevant to the previous analysis.

How it works

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Consultation

We conduct an initial consultation of your digital collections to establish your project requirements.

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Data extraction

Scoping of your current collection management system and necessary method for extracting data. 

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Maniputlation

Organisation of ingested data according to the metadata provided to get collections PastView ready.

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Data analysis

Analyses of datasets, comparing against metadata for plannng and import.

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Importing

Uploading files to TWA's Amazon Web Servies (AWS) account vis 'S3'.

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Conversion

Converting data from TWA's AWS S3 account to PastView and processing for display.

We're here to help!

Speak with our specialists about your data migration needs.

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Processing

Importing metada using bespoke script, relevant to the previous analysis.

Ready to discuss?

Speak with us about your discovery & access needs.

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Prioritise the access & discovery of your digital collections

Are you a digital collection holder, that wants to provide the very best access to your collections online?