Services

Document Processing

Information technology specialists at Heritage use time-tested methods to create efficient document processing system for our clients. As researchers submit documentation collected for a project, it travels through several steps:

  • Unique identification numbers are applied either electronically or manually
  • Documents are scanned and saved in a format approved by the client
  • Original documents are stored in locked file cabinets in a secure storage space until released to the client.
  • Images are burned onto CDs or DVDs and sent to the client with backups preserved at Heritage.

For those clients that want their documents fully indexed, we offer optical character recognition (OCR).

Case Study:

Heritage contracted with URS Corporation to research historic use of ordnance/ammunition ranges at 18 Air Force installations across the country falling under Air Combat Command or Air National Guard supervision including Barksdale AFB (LA), Barnes Municipal Airport, (MA), Beale AFB (CA), Boise Air Terminal, Gowen Field (ID), Columbia Falls AFS (ME), Coos Head Air National Guard Station (OR), Davis-Monthan AFB (AZ), Duluth International Airport (MN), Ellington Field (TX), Hector Field International Airport (ND), Langley AFB (VA), Martin State Airport (ND), Minot AFB (ND), Nellis AFB (NV), Offutt AFB (NE), Salt Lake International Airport (UT), Selfridge Air Guard Base (MI), and Seymour Johnson AFB (NC). Heritage's work contributed to Comprehensive Site Evaluations (CSE) prepared by URS.

Every document page and photograph collected for each installation was uniquely identified with a numbering systems and scanned and recorded on DVDs before going to the abstracting team to be included in the databases.