Ensure the longevity and accessibility of your valuable data with eRecordsUSA’s precise aperture card scanning services, converting your physical archives into high-quality digital formats.
Aperture cards are used to store a broad range of information. However, they can be delicate and will be damaged or lost over time. Our aperture card scanning service is the ideal solution to help protect that data.
eRecordsUSA provides professional scanning & digitization services for Aperture Card films. Use our aperture card scanning services to convert your Aperture Card Films into high-quality digital images in any of the popular formats such as JPG, TIF, etc. When you transfer these Aperture Cards to digital formats, you free up valuable office space and ensure quick and easy access to the information you need, right when you need it. With over a decade of experience performing Aperture Card scanning services, our dedicated staff brings unparalleled expertise to every project to ensure complete success from start to finish.
Understanding Aperture Cards: Standard vs. Hollerith
Aperture cards are a type of microform made from cardstock, typically measuring 3 inches by 7 inches. These cards feature an aperture on the right side that holds a piece of 35mm microfilm. Historically, they have been used to store engineering drawings, planning documents, and other critical records. There are two primary types of aperture cards:
Standard Aperture Cards:
These cards consist of plain cardstock with a piece of 35mm microfilm. The card usually includes a title block, which can feature either typed or handwritten information. Some standard aperture cards may also contain multiple images, necessitating careful cropping and framing during the scanning process.
Standard aperture card featuring 35mm microfilm, ready for high-quality digitization by eRecordsUSA.
Hollerith Aperture Cards:
Unlike standard aperture cards, Hollerith cards feature punch holes that store data. This data can be captured using a special card scanner, which reads the punch holes to index the digital file. However, the success of this method varies, as the data may sometimes be jumbled or incomplete, requiring additional manual indexing.
Hollerith aperture card with punch holes, digitized by eRecordsUSA for efficient data indexing and access.
Why Digitize Your Aperture Cards Today?
Digitizing your aperture cards offers numerous benefits, including:
- Instant Accessibility: Digital images can be accessed immediately from any internet-connected device.
- Space Efficiency: Free up valuable office space by eliminating physical storage of aperture cards and readers.
- Data Security: Protect your information from loss, theft, and degradation.
- Cost Savings: Avoid the maintenance costs of aperture card readers and printers.
- Business Continuity: Ensure disaster recovery and uninterrupted operations.
- Enhanced Collaboration: Digital files can be easily shared across various platforms.
Our Aperture Card Scanning Process
eRecordsUSA follows a meticulous process to ensure high-quality digitization:
- Project Initiation: We begin by understanding your specific requirements and creating a scope of work.
- Card Reception and Tagging: Your aperture cards are received, tagged, and securely stored in our facility.
- Milestone 1 Proof of Concept: We employ a build-test-refine method to develop and test the process flow.
- Scanning and Post-Processing: Cards are scanned using high-speed, dual-stream systems to produce both grayscale and black-and-white images. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and quality assurance checks are performed to ensure data accuracy.
- Indexing: Hollerith data is captured automatically when available; otherwise, manual indexing is conducted.
- Delivery: Digital files are delivered via USB or our secure cloud storage.
Our Aperture Card Scanning Capabilities
At eRecordsUSA, we have scanned millions of aperture cards over time. We offer high-speed, accurate scanning to ensure peace of mind. In addition, we can offer both grayscale and black-and-white images using our dual-stream scanning systems. If data is punched on the card, that information can be indexed automatically. Cards lacking Hollerith data can be indexed manually, as well.
Benefits Of Aperture Card Scanning
You’ll find a wide range of benefits with our aperture card scanning services, including the ability to make data available instantly. In addition, once digitized, your data is:
- Accessible through web-connected devices
- Protected from loss, theft, and degradation
- Shareable across a wide range of platforms
With our digitization services, our clients have been able to eliminate the need for aperture cards and associated equipment, as well as to boost their productivity and customer service.
Tailored Aperture Card Scanning Services
At eRecordsUSA, we understand that every project is unique. Our services are tailored to meet the specific needs of our clients, which range from archivists and genealogists to major corporations and government entities. With over a decade of experience, we have successfully digitized millions of aperture cards, ensuring our clients enjoy the full benefits of digital technology.
We have scanned millions of aperture cards and helped our clients enjoy the benefits of digital technology. Those clients have included the US military, gas companies, manufacturers, major electric companies, and even nuclear power plants. We can do the same for you. Contact eRecordsUSA today for a free quote on your aperture card scanning needs.
Contact Us
Unlock the full potential of your aperture card archive and embrace the digital era with eRecordsUSA. For more information or to schedule a scanning service, call us at (510) 900-8800 or send an email to [email protected]. Let us assist you in converting your legacy data into a valuable digital asset that supports your future endeavors.
We scan & digitize a lot of Aperture Cards, professionally. The scan resolution we offer meets archiving standards and is unlike most of the other aperture card scanning service providers. We digitize for archivists, genealogists, historians, librarians, historical societies, family histories, artists, and collectors. If you would like to receive a free quote for an Aperture card scanning service that will result in high-resolution electronic images in any digital format. Call (510) 900-8800 to get a quote.
eRecordsUSA is specialized in providing Aperture Card Scanning Services/ Aperture Card Digitization Services. Would you like to receive a free quote to archive your historical, stored Aperture Cards/ films? Call (510) 900-8800 or email us at [email protected].
eRecordsUSA offers Aperture Card Scanning Services in following areas of California, San Mateo, San Francisco, Mountain View, Redwood City, Marin, San Jose, Santa Clara, Silicon Valley, Sunnyvale, East Bay: Contra Costa, Fremont, Milpitas, Hayward, Alameda, Concord, Oakland, Pleasanton, Dublin, Livermore, San Ramon, Napa Valley: Fairfield, Santa Rosa, Solano, Sonoma, Vallejo, Petaluma, Pittsburg & Martinez.
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Mr. Sharma is very professional and friendly. We had eRecords scan our books for archive purposes. The quality of their service is amazing. They are fast and timely. I am very glad that we used eRecords to scan our books and wouldn't hesitate to contact eRecords if we need digitizing/imaging service in the future. Esther L.
12/19/2023 - eRecords has provided an amazing high quality scanning work for our books. Mr. Sharma is very detail oriented and the results are just excellent! Eliana D.
12/12/2023 - I contacted eRecords for a small-scale scanning job. Although they usually work on large projects, Pankaj was more than willing to help with what I was looking for! The scans that came back were high quality, and delivered in a timely matter. eRecords was also the business that quoted me the most competitive price. I would definitely recommend - Pankaj is knowledgable and a great collaborator to work with on meeting any scanning service you may need. Nina P.
3/23/2023 - ERecords USA has provided Fast, Timely, and Amazing quality service for scanning my books and magazines. Ritika, Pankaj, and their Staff are very friendly, flexible, and easy to work with. They go above and beyond in their service. I give them A+++. Rahul P.
2/28/2023 - I have used eRecordsUSA on three separate occasions and each job was performed exceptionally. All files scanned at high resolution, organized, and returned in a timely manner. Pricing was also very reasonable for such time-intensive work. Management was also very good with their communication.
I am a digital nomad that owns zero paper, so having all of my files in Google Drive is imperative. With Google's OCR (Optical Coherence Recognition) I can now find my files at lightning speed. ie - I search for [deed], [roof repair], [assessment], etc. and all relevant files "automagically" appear. Cameron V.
12/09/2022 - EXCELLENT quality work. VERY professional. I had some kids art work scanned high resolution that was too large for the scanners at copy shops. eRecordsUSA did a fantastic job and I highly recommend them. Stephen M.
11/02/2021 - ERecords USA provided a fast and accurate turnaround for a request to duplicate X-Rays. They ensured that copies were accurate prior to payment and went out of their way to produce within a short time. Beth S.
4/21/2021 - Erecords scanned 56 bankers boxes of legal case files and other professional documents for me. This was a particularly difficult and complex job because, in naming files, they had to work from both a written file inventory and the file names on the folders themselves and use a consistent file naming protocol that Erecords and I agreed upon. They did an outstanding job of following this file naming protocol and organizing the documents in digital form to create the file structure that I intended. This job was also difficult because of the variety of page sizes and the age and condition of some of the documents; they managed to accurately capture everything. They also made the job easier for me by picking the documents up at my home. Pankaj at E records was invariably courteous and helpful and spent the time needed with me before the job to develop a digital file structure to make the documents most useful. I highly recommend Erecords for document scanning. David L.
2/27/2021 - I chose eRecords to scan over 2000 pages of yearbooks and several hundred photos from the early 90's to early 00's. I was not disappointed. They were one of the few locations in the Bay Area that I contacted that let me drop off and pickup the material in person. The JPG and PDF scans that they sent me were extremely high quality and OCR'd the yearbooks so I can search for text. They were able to repair one of my yearbook's bindings to the point where I couldn't even find the repair! This place is professional and good value for what I received. If something ever happened to my irreplaceable yearbooks and photos I know they're digitized now and backed up to multiple locations on my network and cloud! Highly recommended, Pankaj and eRecords! David B.
10/28/2020 - I found eRecordsUSA on an internet search and contacted them to inquire about scanning to PDFs a set of some six hundred old, faded, tattered pages of an underground/community newspaper I co-founded fifty years ago. I lucked out on this first call, finding a most professional, efficient, accessible, top notch company to help me archive my newspaper despite these trying, pandemic times. Ted R.
7/14/2020
