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digitising device"></noscript> <noscript> <img src="/web/20210731203320im_/https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/~/media/bl/global/services/digitisation%20services/new%20images/personal%20collections%201.jpg?crop=1&cropX=0&cropY=0&cropW=5760&cropH=3243&cropcachekey=10057603243&w=224&h=126&dispW=224&dispH=126&hash=6CF1C4C074635C5CC9E71141D0D9050E" alt="A man placing a photo album under a digitising device"/> </noscript> </a> </div> <div class="pnl-txt"> <h3 class="pnl-title"><a href="/web/20210731203320/https://www.bl.uk/digitisation-services/services/personal-collections">Personal collections<span class="hit-spot"></span></a></h3> <p class="pnl-desc">Digitise your family’s treasure trove of old photos, diaries, scrapbooks, letters and memorabilia.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="main-content-block clearfix"> <div class="main-content-block-inner cntr-blk grid_61 vlg-bg clearfix"> <div class="pnl-block">  <div class="pnl-row lrg-img-pnl pnl-3col grid_60 p-l-1col">  <h2 id="idtargetformenucasestudies" class="pnl-row-title">Case studies of our work</h2>  <div class="pnl"> <div class="pnl-inner w-bg clearfix"> <div class="pnl-img p-b-1col"> <a href="/web/20210731203320/https://www.bl.uk/case-studies/iapsop-digitisation"> <img class="lazy" src="/web/20210731203320im_/https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/resources/global/images/dummy-16-9.png" data-original="/britishlibrary/~/media/bl/global/services/digitisation%20services/iapsop%201.jpg?crop=1&cropX=0&cropY=0&cropW=696&cropH=392&cropcachekey=100696392&w=304&h=172&dispW=304&dispH=172&hash=0CCF3A1424636501E32DC42AF7D4432C" alt="The Christian Spiritualist, Vol. 1 January 1871"/><noscript><img src="/web/20210731203320im_/https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/~/media/bl/global/services/digitisation%20services/iapsop%201.jpg?crop=1&cropX=0&cropY=0&cropW=696&cropH=392&cropcachekey=100696392&w=304&h=172&dispW=304&dispH=172&hash=0CCF3A1424636501E32DC42AF7D4432C" alt="The Christian Spiritualist, Vol. 1 January 1871"></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="pnl-txt quote-list"> <blockquote><a href="/web/20210731203320/https://www.bl.uk/case-studies/iapsop-digitisation">…"Thank you for the stellar job you all are doing digitising materials for us"…</a></blockquote> <p class="pnl-desc">Helping the International Association for the Preservation of Spiritualist and Occult Periodicals (IAPSOP) plug gaps in their archive</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="pnl"> <div class="pnl-inner w-bg clearfix"> <div class="pnl-img p-b-1col"> <a href="/web/20210731203320/https://www.bl.uk/case-studies/hatha-yoga-manuscript-british-museum"> <img class="lazy" src="/web/20210731203320im_/https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/resources/global/images/dummy-16-9.png" data-original="/britishlibrary/~/media/bl/global/services/digitisation%20services/tantra%202.jpg?w=304&h=172&hash=D96F0C91EF25E680E73F8B649D958D22" alt="Digitised Hatha Yoga manuscript"/><noscript><img src="/web/20210731203320im_/https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/~/media/bl/global/services/digitisation%20services/tantra%202.jpg?w=304&h=172&hash=D96F0C91EF25E680E73F8B649D958D22" alt="Digitised Hatha Yoga manuscript"></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="pnl-txt quote-list"> <blockquote><a href="/web/20210731203320/https://www.bl.uk/case-studies/hatha-yoga-manuscript-british-museum">…“It has been a pleasure to work with the British Library"…</a></blockquote> <p class="pnl-desc">By digitising the 19th century Joga Pradīpikā manuscript on Hatha Yoga, the British Museum has produced innovative online content to support and promote its exhibition</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="pnl"> <div class="pnl-inner w-bg clearfix"> <div class="pnl-img p-b-1col"> <a href="/web/20210731203320/https://www.bl.uk/case-studies/jequier-archive"> <img class="lazy" src="/web/20210731203320im_/https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/resources/global/images/dummy-16-9.png" data-original="/britishlibrary/~/media/bl/global/services/digitisation%20services/yolanda%20munoz%20lozano.jpg?crop=1&cropX=0&cropY=163&cropW=561&cropH=314&cropcachekey=10163561314&w=304&h=172&dispW=304&dispH=172&hash=E0753ED710B8F534662D6FB0A28ACEC6" alt="Peruvian architect and PhD researcher, Yolanda Muñoz Lozano"/><noscript><img src="/web/20210731203320im_/https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/~/media/bl/global/services/digitisation%20services/yolanda%20munoz%20lozano.jpg?crop=1&cropX=0&cropY=163&cropW=561&cropH=314&cropcachekey=10163561314&w=304&h=172&dispW=304&dispH=172&hash=E0753ED710B8F534662D6FB0A28ACEC6" alt="Peruvian architect and PhD researcher, Yolanda Muñoz Lozano"></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="pnl-txt quote-list"> <blockquote><a href="/web/20210731203320/https://www.bl.uk/case-studies/jequier-archive">…“The scanned letters has opened a whole new area of discovery"…</a></blockquote> <p class="pnl-desc">Unable to travel to the UK, Peruvian architect and PhD researcher Yolanda Muñoz Lozano was funded by Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Chile to digitise the papers of 19th century architect, Emile Jéquier</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="pnl"> <div class="pnl-inner w-bg clearfix"> <div class="pnl-img p-b-1col"> <a href="/web/20210731203320/https://www.bl.uk/case-studies/charles-dickens-digitisation"> <img class="lazy" src="/web/20210731203320im_/https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/resources/global/images/dummy-16-9.png" data-original="/britishlibrary/~/media/bl/global/services/digitisation%20services/charles%20dickens%20digi%201.jpg?w=304&h=172&hash=C4E01700C0721ECDA866CAC09C79C8B8" alt="Digitising Charles Dickens's annotated book tour reading copies "/><noscript><img src="/web/20210731203320im_/https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/~/media/bl/global/services/digitisation%20services/charles%20dickens%20digi%201.jpg?w=304&h=172&hash=C4E01700C0721ECDA866CAC09C79C8B8" alt="Digitising Charles Dickens's annotated book tour reading copies "></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="pnl-txt quote-list"> <blockquote><a href="/web/20210731203320/https://www.bl.uk/case-studies/charles-dickens-digitisation">…“We were confident these items were in safe hands"…</a></blockquote> <p class="pnl-desc">Dickens's personally annotated works digitised for the Charles Dickens Museum</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="pnl"> <div class="pnl-inner w-bg clearfix"> <div class="pnl-img p-b-1col"> <a href="/web/20210731203320/https://www.bl.uk/case-studies/james-backhouse-digitisation"> <img class="lazy" src="/web/20210731203320im_/https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/resources/global/images/dummy-16-9.png" data-original="/britishlibrary/~/media/bl/global/services/digitisation%20services/james%20blackhouse%20digitisation%20father.jpg?w=304&h=172&hash=46C39BEE57A172E561C9BF3A96AB5369" alt="James Blackhouse Digitisation Father"/><noscript><img src="/web/20210731203320im_/https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/~/media/bl/global/services/digitisation%20services/james%20blackhouse%20digitisation%20father.jpg?w=304&h=172&hash=46C39BEE57A172E561C9BF3A96AB5369" alt="James Blackhouse Digitisation Father"></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="pnl-txt quote-list"> <blockquote><a href="/web/20210731203320/https://www.bl.uk/case-studies/james-backhouse-digitisation">…"Priceless photos and correspondence have been preserved for everyone to view.” …</a></blockquote> <p class="pnl-desc">West Bank Park Heritage Trust commissioned us to digitise and preserve the priceless 19th century scrapbook of James Backhouse</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="pnl"> <div class="pnl-inner w-bg clearfix"> <div class="pnl-img p-b-1col"> <a href="/web/20210731203320/https://www.bl.uk/case-studies/proquest-digitisation"> <img class="lazy" src="/web/20210731203320im_/https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/resources/global/images/dummy-16-9.png" 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