Digitization for Public Libraries and Archives.
A community's memory should be accessible, not fragile and hidden
Local-history film, oral-history recordings, photograph collections, and one-of-a-kind community records, converted to preservation-grade digital files by our own team in Orange, California. Never subcontracted, never sent overseas, and across a million reels handled, never lost.
Request a ConsultationA dedicated department for institutions since 2001.
Pasadena, Burbank & Santa Fe Springs
The Pasadena, Burbank, and Santa Fe Springs public libraries have trusted their collections to Legacy Digital. Your archive gets the same careful, in-house handling.
Since 2001
Hollywood 's Choice
In-House Processing
Expert Technicians
Pasadena Public Library · Burbank Public Library · Santa Fe Springs Public Library · and institutions across Southern California
The Library Archive Problem
Special collections hold the only copy of a community's history, and they keep decaying on the shelf while patrons increasingly expect to find them online.
Local-history film, donated home movies, and community recordings often exist nowhere else. If the original is lost, the record is gone.
Reel film, obsolete video tape, and audio cassettes require equipment most libraries no longer keep, so the content sits unheard and unseen.
Researchers, families, and students want to find and use collections online, not travel to a reading room and thread a projector.
Digitizing at scale, safely, is beyond what most library teams can do in-house without diverting staff from everything else.
What We Digitize for Libraries and Archives
One vendor for the whole collection, with a single chain of custody and organized, catalog-ready delivery.
Put the Collection to Work
Digitizing is not only preservation. Once a collection is digital and searchable, it becomes a living part of the library.
Make community film, photos, and oral histories browsable and searchable for patrons anywhere, any time.
Build anniversary exhibits, city-history programs, and classroom resources from footage that has never been shown.
Preservation grants often require a digitized, access-ready result. We deliver files and documentation that fit the deliverable.
Answer reference and research requests instantly from digital files instead of pulling and threading fragile originals.
Why Libraries Choose Legacy Digital
Your collection is digitized by our own team in Orange, California. We never subcontract and never send an archive out of the United States.
Irreplaceable materials are handled by hand, item by item, cleaned and cared for, never run unattended through a high-speed feeder.
Every reel, tape, and box is logged at intake and tracked through the lab. Across more than a million reels handled, we have never lost an item.
Files are named and organized to match your finding aids, so the digital collection stays searchable in your catalog or DAM.
For large collections we can run a pilot batch so your archivist approves quality and workflow before the full project.
Keep high-quality masters for preservation and lighter files for everyday patron access, from one digitization pass.
Trusted by Southern California Libraries
The same lab that handles irreplaceable studio and university work brings the same care to your community's collection.
How a Library Project Runs
Survey and inventory
We assess the collection, formats, and volume, then scope the work and give you a clear, itemized quote and timeline.
Pilot batch
Start with a pilot so your archivist signs off on quality, handling, and metadata before the full run.
Digitize with custody tracking
Items are logged, handled by hand, digitized in-house at preservation quality, and tracked through every step.
Deliver, catalog-ready
Files delivered on server media or drives, named and organized to drop straight into your catalog or portal.
The lab libraries trust when the material is the only copy that exists.In-house in Orange, California since 2001. Never subcontracted, never sent overseas, never lost.
Library Digitization Questions
How is a library project priced?
Can you work within a preservation grant's requirements?
How do you handle fragile, one-of-a-kind materials?
Can you deliver files ready for our catalog or online portal?
Do you provide both preservation and access copies?
Do you offer pickup for local libraries?
Other Institutions We Serve
Every institution type has its own archive challenge. Explore the one that fits, or start at the institutional overview.
Your Community's History Is Decaying on the Shelf.
Request a consultation. We survey the collection, scope the work, and give you a clear plan and quote, with the track record to back it up.
Request a ConsultationOr call (888) 405-2685 · Orange, CA · In-house since 2001