The company responsible for the scanning and the search technology is ColorMax, based out of Paynesville, Minn. Although the company is geographically close to Carleton, Hillemann insists that no other company in the country is as prepared for the work ahead. "If I were in California," Hillemann says, "I'd probably still send the newspapers to ColorMax."

Eric Hillemann
Carleton College Archivist
Gould Library
Northfield, MN 55057

The Concordia College Archives has been discussing the digitization of the college newspaper for years; however, we struggled finding a company that had a high-quality product at a price we could afford. ColorMax was able to meet both of these requirements, and we are thrilled with the result! The ColorMax staff has worked closely with us to determine costs, walked us through the image capture and OCR process, and provided answers to our questions and concerns throughout the process. The graphic user interface has provided a much needed solution to providing access to a vital component of the college's history. Moreover, the interface is easy to use which increases our ability to assist our users. Our digitization project has received a positive response from the college community which is a great assurance that the project has been worthwhile.

Lisa Sjoberg
Concordia College Archives

Concordia College.

I have been working with ColorMax on a variety of digitizing projects for the last two years.  They are easy to work with and spend the time necessary to really understand what we are doing.  Their pricing is always competitive and their service and products are outstanding.

Michael D. Kathman
Director of Libraries and Media
St. John's University Alcuin Library
Collegeville, MN 56321-2500

Working with ArcaSearch, the Minneapolis Labor Review newspaper launched an on-line archive in 2004 going back to Volume 1, Number 1 published in 1907.
The capacity of the searching feature is simply amazing. You can search thousands of pages for your keyword or topic in just a few seconds. In addition, you have the ability to reproduce quality photos, graphics and advertisements from the downloaded images.
We hear all the time about how the Labor Review Archive has become such an invaluable research tool: from scholars, students, and labor union members researching the history of their union.

--Steve Share, editor, Minneapolis Labor Review