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GRANT SOURCES 1. Ohio History Connection “Programs & Collections” Grant • Matching grant program that awards grants for history-related projects • Eligible applicants include local government entities & county records management offices • Projects funded under this category could include digitization of collections •  $20,000 with 60% (them)/40% (applicant) match •  Nuts & Bolts of …

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Ohio Senate Bill 94 requires Ohio Recorders to make their land records dating 1980 to the present available online. These land records include real property records such as deeds, mortgages, mortgage releases, powers of attorney, partnerships, liens, and leases. ScanWorks has extensive experience scanning these types of documents into digital format. We most recently worked …

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Since 2011, ScanWorks has specialized in digitizing records for courts throughout Ohio. Whether converting traffic, criminal, civil, or appellate cases to digital format, we can do it all. We serve Mayor’s Courts, Municipal Courts, Probate Courts, Juvenile Courts, Common Pleas Courts, and Appellate Courts. The process begins with retrieval. Our staff comes onsite to your …

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One of the services that ScanWorks offers is digitizing microfiche. We are often asked for our pricing. There is no set pricing as there are factors that influence the cost. Let’s spell those out. When this is not the case, we have to manually advance the machine from one image to the next. As you …

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ScanWorks has the scanners and qualifications to digitize records for a multitude of municipal divisions throughout the State of Ohio. This includes police departments. Our most recent customer was the Canton Police Department. With our scanning services, staff can easily locate important documents without the hassle of digging through file cabinet after file cabinet. After …

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ScanWorks has the scanners and qualifications to digitize records for a multitude of municipal divisions throughout the State of Ohio. This includes fire departments, building departments, planning and urban development, building and zoning, building inspection, and city engineering departments. Our most recent customer was the Lakewood Fire Department. With our scanning services, staff can easily …

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ScanWorks has the ability to digitize microfiche and microfilm from their original state into digital format. Our state-of-the-art ScanPro reader from e-Image Data is the key. After a page of fiche or a roll of film is inserted, the reader scans each image, one at a time. Most of the projects we have undertaken have …

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Thank you to the shout-out from the Cuyahoga Falls Historical Society regarding the neat little project we completed for them– scanning old newspaper pages. We love being able to help out use our specialty scanning equipment to digitize oversize documents such as these. If you have old newspapers or other large document scanning needs, please …

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The Supreme Court of Ohio has announced that applications are open for its 2025 Technology Grant awards. This grant opportunity supports local Ohio courts (Mayor’s courts are not eligible) by providing financial resources to aid in the implementation of technology-based projects. Applications are due February 28, 2025 by 5pm. Applicant Priority considerations: • Applicant court …

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Ohio Senate Bill 94 requires Ohio Recorders to make their land records dating 1980 to the present available online. These land records include real property records such as deeds, mortgages, mortgage releases, powers of attorney, partnerships, liens, and leases. ScanWorks has extensive experience scanning these types of documents into digital format. We most recently worked …

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