Flexible digital collections management
One platform suitable for all, scalable for any collection size. Developed for you, designed for your audiences.
What's included with PastView
| Collection Management | ||
| Attributes | Organize data by assigning attributes that will drive your search and improve access. |  |
| Attributes Sets | Use attribute sets to create the sub categories and filters to power your search. | |
| Collections | Add or remove items, create sub-collections, set rights and limits, and take control. | |
| Entities | Determine specific labels in order to tag and connect items across your collection. | |
| Imports | Add as little or as much as you like to your digital collections through our bulk importer. | |
| Items | Create well structured, highly searchable collections from your diverse digital files. | |
| Metadata | Rename items within collections in bulk and update metadata from collections in bulk. | |
| Tagging | Link separate items within your collection by creating tags to connect them. | |
| Data Capture Services | ||
| Audio Visual Transcription (AVT) | Convert spoken word in your audio collections to a readable, searchable text format.
(Credits required) |
Credits required |
| Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) | Transcribe handwritten text with HTR to enable it to be selected, copied and searched.
(Credits required) |
Credits required |
| Optical Character Recognition (OCR) | Make typed text searchable through optical character recognition (OCR).
(Credits required) |
Credits required |
| PDF Text Extraction | Retrieve 100% of text within PDF documents to support the discovery of your materials. | |
| Content Management | ||
| Action Buttons | Create action buttons throughout your site and control where the are embedded. | |
| Assets | Enjoy content flexibility by saving and linking to files outside of your archive. | |
| Menus | Design and control how you wish your users to engage with and navigate your website. | |
| Pages | Create additional pages to better organize and share information with your users. | |
| Posts | Engage with your users and keep them up-to-date with organized forms of engagement. | |
| Snippets | Showcase your content through a range of editable presentational features and tools. | |
| System Management | ||
| Enquiries | Enable users to raise queries by simply completing and submitting a contact form. | |
| Roles | Manage and share admin responsibility with the allocation of roles and permissions. | |
| User Management | Create additional users to manage, edit or add to your digital collections. | |
| Visibility | Select what items to make visible online and what image details to make available. | |
| System Management | ||
| Reporting (GA) | Gather data and visitor trends, generating reports and sharing progress. | |
| View available add-ons | View additional services |
Add-ons
Access
Members' Area
Control access to valued collections, with a fully configurable membership login.
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Authenticate visitors using a third party sign-on service to protect your collections.
Monetisation
Digital Downloads (Items)
Offer free digital downloads or set a fee and generate revenue from collections.
eCommerce Store
An online shop enables users to add items to their basket, edit and checkout securely.
Offline Copies
Visitors can download offline digital copies to their Kindle, PC, Mac, Tablet or Phone.
Perpetual Subscriptions
Define areas of your archive as either temporarily or indefinitely accessible.
Collection Engagement
Exhibitions
Share the narratives within your archive through visually engaging digital stories.
Timelines
Timelines organize collections chronologically and are tailored to suit.
Virtual Reality Tour
Enhance discovery and access of internal spaces through VR immersive technology.
Community
Comments
Allow users to engage with items by providing them a regulated space to comment.
Contributions
Allow users to suggest edits and contribute information at the click of a button.
Content Engagement
Social Media Sharing
Integrate archive content with your social media accounts, share images through social media with users.
Service Credits
Service Credit Pack
Looking to ingest content yourself? Service credit packs can be used to automatically recognise typed and handwritten text.
Additional services
Ready your material for ingest into the PastView platform with our additional services.
Data Services
Data Migration & Ingest
Our specialists are on hand to support you throughout the migration and ingest process, ensuring that your collections are prepared to take advantage of the extensive collection management features.
Bespoke Requirements
Do you have specific needs for the management and publishing of your digital collections?
Contact us, to begin scoping your bespoke requirements.
Platform Development
Our PastView experts can design, build, test, and implement additional features to meet the specific needs of your organisation.
Website Design
Seamlessly match with your organization's brand identity or work with us to create a fully bespoke design for your digital collections.
API Integration
Are you using multiple systems? Speak with us to discuss how an API integration could ensure a seamless transfer between your existing systems and PastView.