Consulting Services

Governmental, police, military, scientific, educational, heritage, media, photo libraries, archivists and commercial organizations have very different keywording, retouching and scanning needs and objectives. It is a mistake to assume that all are trying to achieve the same things.  

It is easy to spend a large amount of money on a scanning, retouching, and keywording project without achieving key objectives.  It is important to discuss with experienced professionals:

1. What you are aiming to achieve with scanning, retouching, or keywording,
2. Review your starting position regarding scanning, retouching, or keywording,
3. Get feedback about feasibility,
4. Helping define realistic short and longer term goals,
5. Developing an operational plan to achieve,
6. Giving insights into the likely costs of scanning, retouching, or keywording,
7. Potential payback and efficiency increases.

Key decisions include:

1. The extent to which it makes sense to do work in house or outsource,
2. Review of risks to physical images, and intellectual property,
3. The computer hardware and software infrastructure needed to deliver your objectives,
4. Developing a process both to deal with legacy images from the past and new incoming images that are already digital,
5. Internal training for staff who work for you with scanning, retouching, and keywording,
6. Training of external subcontractors who are working on your scanning, retouching, or keywording projects,
7. Support and training of users who may not find modern regarding scanning, retouching, or keywording IT.

Global Image Lab offers a stable long term view to help find the best solution for your organization. If you would like to discuss your projects with our experts, feel free to contact us.