While most digitization programs focus on two-dimensional imaging, a growing number of institutions are exploring advanced imaging techniques to capture surface detail, three-dimensional structure, and material characteristics that traditional photography cannot fully...

As digitization programs scale from pilot projects to mass production environments, metadata quickly becomes the determining factor between a usable digital archive and an unsearchable image repository. While image capture technology has advanced dramatically,...

What does it really take to digitize the world’s cultural heritage — at scale, at speed, and at preservation grade? It's here! The inaugural episode of DT's Wider Lens podcast is officially out. This is the first podcast dedicated to in-depth conversations on Cultural...

Every digitization program makes choices, whether explicitly, through habit, or by sheer backlog pressure. What gets digitized first is rarely neutral. It reflects institutional values, risk tolerance, funding realities, and (often unintentionally) assumptions about...

At Digital Transitions, we spend every day working alongside museums, libraries, archives, and cultural heritage institutions navigating the realities of preservation-grade digitization. One thing has become increasingly clear: while standards, workflows, and...