Western Michigan University Libraries' Digitization Center

Welcome to the Western Michigan University Library's Digitization Center. Our focus is to preserve, organize, and provide access to information in electronic formats. Services are available to the University, libraries, and other organizations.

NEWS - Michigan African American history book is now available from WMU Libraries in an Internet digital version for anyone to use. ‘Michigan Manual of Freedmen’s Progress’ book, 1915 edition. More information

Services

A comprehensive array of services is available. Expertise allows development of comprehensive digitization project management from planning through scanning and online image database preparation within industry standards. An array of digitization systems to meet many needs is in-house. See the list of services for more information.

Digital Collections and Research Interests

Ward Morgan Collection: Photographs, culture, mid 20th century Caroline Bartlett Crane Everyman's House: Social activitist and national home design winner	Corpus of Anglosaxon Texts: 1500s and 1700s manuscripts for increased access and collaborative study	Virtual Cathedral Project: Virtual interactive construction of Canterbury Cathedral Visual Teaching and Research Aids: Architecture, Art and Costume	Civil War Collection: Eight Diaries fully transcribed and coded with images for comprehensive research functionality. Statewide Programs: Making Michigan history easily accessible Regional Digitization Center: For learning, for doing, and more.. Map Indexes: Visual representations of holdings in the catalog Color Management: Helping libraries know and do it Handwritten History: 1800s diaries, logbooks, social club minutes, how to have full-text searchability online