News & Events 2011 Archives

Crowley Acquires Wicks And Wilson Limited

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Frederick, Maryland, USA and Basingstoke, UK - Christopher Crowley, president of The Crowley Company, announces the acquisition of key competitor Wicks and Wilson Limited. Based in Hampshire, England, Wicks and Wilson manufactures and distributes the Scanstation-brand microfilm, microfiche and aperture card scanners. States Crowley, "This purchase will allow us to broaden our microform offering, strengthen our international presence and ensure that we continue to be at the forefront of microform capture technology." Read More

Newspaper microfilm being digitized. County library's collection from the 1820s to 2000 will be available via Internet.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Princess Anne - If you're looking to access back copies of the Crisfield Times, Somerset Herald, Marylander and Herald, or the Village Herald through the microfilm reader at the Princess Anne Library, there's good news and bad. Read More

Crowley imaging announces new hires

September 21, 2011

Frederick, Maryland- Christopher Crowley, president of The Crowley Company, is pleased to announce the hiring of several key personnel to the company’s imaging services division. “I am very confident that this expansion within our conversion services division will enhance our already well-rounded and experienced team of imaging experts. We look forward to an even higher level of workflow and organization in the coming days.” Read More

Crowley, Zeutschel Introduce Overhead Book Copier to the U.S. at The American Library Association (ALA) Conference This Week

June 21, 2011

Frederick, MD and New Orleans, LA – Christopher Crowley, president of The Crowley Company, the exclusive North American distributor for the well-respected production-level Zeutschel book scanners, is looking forward to seeing a crowd in Booth 1625 at the ALA convention this year. Read More

Crowley, InQbar Form Scanning Services Joint Venture

May 31, 2011

Frederick, Maryland and Bogota, Colombia – Company president Christopher Crowley announced today that Crowley Micrographics, dba The Crowley Company, has entered into a formal joint venture agreement witInQBar Ltda. to pursue scanning and archiving projects in Colombia, South America and the Andean market. Read More

Helping Archivists Meet Quality Standards With Certifi-Media

May 6, 2011

We spend a lot of time in DIR talking about image processing to improve the quality of scanned documents. We talk about crisper, clearer documents and improved OCR results. But, what about standards? Aside from standards for check images used in Check 21 transactions (which are very low, in fact), we almost never discuss specific measurements used to test for high quality images. Read More

Crowley Imaging, Free Library Partner On Historic Daybook Digitization For Preservation Week

May 2, 2011

Real estate transactions. Remedies for rheumatism. Crystalotype directions. Recipes for ambrosia (no marshmallows!). These items and many more can be found in the handwritten home economic diary (circa 1867-1872) of Margaret Thomas Artz, the donor behind Frederick County’s public library, the C. Burr Artz Library. Read More

Crowley debuts robotic and walk-up Bookscanners in booth 110 at ACRL today

March 30, 2011

Frederick, Maryland- Christopher Crowley, president of The Crowley Company, is pleased to announce today’s introduction of two brand new book scanners at the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 2011 National Conference.

The Crowley Company announces new hires and promotions

February 22, 2011

Frederick, Maryland- Christopher Crowley, president of The Crowley Company, is pleased to announce the hiring and repositioning of several key staff.