News | Monday, 8th November 2021

Successful grant application funds purchase of new scanner

Super-sized scanner opens up access to large-scale material in Special Collections Museum

Architectural plan drawing, in pen and ink, of a two roomed house
Plan and section, by Thomas Worthington, for the Salford Improved Industrial Dwelling Company, 1870. From the Thomas Worthington & Sons archive

Following a successful bid to the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Capability for Collections Fund, we have recently purchased a Versascan A0, flat-bed scanner along with a range of associated equipment.

This will have a significant, positive impact on the types of material we can now digitise, including architectural archives, posters and textiles collections that were previously too large for our scanning capabilities. The digital material we create will be used to support teaching, learning and research within Manchester Met and externally, enhancing the student experience and promoting research with our collections and archives.

The scanner has already been used to scan architectural drawings from the Thomas Worthington Archive at the request of the Centre for Allied Archaeology, University of Salford. The drawings will help archaeologists to plan the excavation of this historically important site, off Greengate, in Salford.

Contact us if you’d like to know more.

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