The Imaging Centre established at the Canadian Museum of Civilization has won additional contracts and has attracted international interest. In 1995, after two years of operation at the Imaging Centre, over 40,000 photographs of artifacts had been created and over 150,000 images had been digitized and transferred onto the Kodak Photo CD format. The CMC is now offering its imaging services to other museums and other institutions worldwide. At the CMC site, Danka's team of professionals in the fields of photography, museology and electronic imaging is co-operating with CMC staff in the ongoing creation of a Photo CD image bank. These digitized images will one day be accessible worldwide via the electronic superhighway.
Optimum care is taken to ensure artifact safety.
Danka's museum preparators all have prior experience working with CMC collections and staff. Strict quality controls are employed at all stages of production. The transparencies are scrutinized for overall picture quality to ensure that there are no photographic errors, no processing irregularities, and that each image maximizes information and aesthetics. During the scanning process, the highest standards are maintained. All images are examined for density and colour balance, and any corrections are made immediately.