Deep Zoom into the finer detail instantly withultra high resolution zoom, and examine photographs, documents, and illustrations down to the smallest detail.
Handwritten Text Recognition uses advanced machine learning models to interpret handwritten documents, converting even challenging scripts into accurate, searchable text.
Display collections in a way that makes audiences want to stay and explore. Make a stand-out feature of specific content and use multiple collections to build a network across your archive.
Configure PastView to achieve your digital access and discovery goals, offering options for public, private, and monetized access to your digital collections.
Public
Engage your audience with innovative publishing features designed to captivate and enhance interaction with your digital collections.
Private
Safeguard the value and integrity of your most precious digital collections by providing controlled access exclusively.
Monetize
Monetize your digital collections with income-generating features that deepen audience engagement and support sustainability.
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The Heritage Advantage CoLab is a cross-industry podcast hosted by PastView & History Associates (HAI), bringing together archivists, brand heritage leaders, cultural stewards, and digital innovators to explore the evolving role of heritage in a rapidly changing world.
Our latest episode features special guest Charlie Green, Co-Founder & CEO of Remento, as seen on SharkTank.
Watch the episode on YouTube or listen on all major podcast platforms.
The PastView team is dedicated to developing innovative services that enhance access to your digital collections.
Access and discovery are central to PastView websites, providing excellent portals for audiences to engage with your collections, whether publicly or privately.
The process of migrating or ingesting content into PastView is made easier with our dedicated Data Migration Team guiding you through every step.
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Whether managing, publishing or generating revenue, hand select features to realise your access and discovery goals.
Enjoy complete control of your collection data, establishing the terms and details that will support the creation of highly effective digital collection structures.
Drive a broader, deeper search where given text can be matched against captured stored text. Recognise typed and handwritten text or capture and time stamp audio, so AV content can be searched effortlessly.
Manage, publish and generate revenue for your digital collections with PastView. Showcase your collections online using innovative technology to drive engagement and discovery with your audiences.
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Unlocking 185 Years of London Library Membership History
"When we put out the tender, PastView came back with a very broad spectrum of what they could do. They also showed a lot of care for the materials themselves, which we found very encouraging. Any questions that we’ve had, they have been able to answer immediately and work with us very well. I felt immediately at ease when working with the team because they never tried to oversell us, and they didn’t try to undersell us to do a quick and easy job. It was always done with the utmost care."
"This archive is more than a research tool - it’s a time machine into the lives, stories, and spirit of DeSoto Parish. We’re proud to bring history home to every citizen, right at their fingertips."
Sharing over 150 years of story, culture and brand heritage
"Working in the vault, we are fortunate to be able to flick through photograph albums, read correspondence files, and watch old film footage from years gone by... However, this is the first time that we have been able to open up our cultural heritage for everyone to explore – wherever they are in the world. It is a very exciting moment for the Archives team."
"This is something the Society has been wanting to achieve for a number of years, so it is incredibly rewarding to see the digital archive finally come to fruition. These records tell an important story about Jersey’s agricultural and horticultural heritage, and making them accessible online ensures they can be preserved and explored by future generations. We are extremely grateful for the support of the Jersey Community Foundation, whose backing has helped make this project possible."
A military approach to managing and organizing data
"With PastView, we are now able to edit our content and manage our online data in a way we were never able to do before. Incorporating a legacy system into a new format was understandably not straight-forward. However, the team at TownsWeb were especially patient and approachable; being keen to ensure that the system met our needs - which it certainly does."
ARA's membership publication, now online and fully searchable
"We are always looking for ways to improve the benefits we provide to our members. ARC Magazine has always been a key benefit and the last 18 months has seen it transformed with its move to online publication. Hosting on the PastView platform takes this to a new level and provides even more benefit with the great search function and the ability to access all the back issues, going back to 2011, in one place."
A commitment to to preserving and promoting Scotland’s business and industrial history
"The Business Archives Council of Scotland has been delighted to work with Townsweb Archiving and their PastView platform to make our journal back catalogue available to all. PastView has transformed how we can search the 100s of articles published across the journals since 1977, allowing users to discover the rich resource of articles about Scottish business and industrial history."
"Visitors to the website will find a comprehensive archive which paints a detailed picture of the complexities of the Burma Campaign. We are delighted that every element of the archive can be searched in an accurate, responsive and simple manner. As we had requested, the website also incorporates the facility for veterans’ families to add individual records, stories, valuable diaries and photographs."
A commitment to the country’s history, language and antiquities
"The value of any collection is only ever fully realised when its contents are accessible, so we needed a user-friendly platform that did not sacrifice the needs of serious research. We needed a way to showcase the breadth and depth of our collections in an attractive way that offered powerful, customisable search options when users required them."
Making Digital Collections Discoverable, with Metadata, Taxonomy and the Role of AI
Digitizing a collection is a major undertaking. But creating digital copies of physical material is only part of the challenge.
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