Complete Historical Digitization Project for Juneau-Douglas City Museum.

The City and Borough of Juneau is seeking a contractor to provide digital preservation services for the Juneau-Douglas City Museum. The contractor will be responsible for digitizing and preserving thirty-six 8mm film reels to best museum and archival standards. The project includes proper preservation handling of the reels, high-quality, non-damaging scanning, color gradings, quality controls, archiving data inspections, 2k or 4k scans as the films allow, LTO-8 data tape preservation of the final product, and shipping with proof of insurance in both directions. The contractor must have experience with historic films from the beginning of the 20th century and be able to demonstrate an understanding of and experience with high-quality digital preservation services. • The project is expected to be completed within ninety days or less, if possible, with a final project deadline of April 30, 2025. • The contractor will communicate with the curator of collections and exhibitions about the status of the reels and discuss digitization options as progress on the project or issues in the process arise. • The contractor must provide a total project price using the best-case scenario with the technical specifications provided. • The contractor must have sufficient technical expertise to provide high-quality, color grading, scaling, assessment, and any other needed components of work to complete a digital preservation project for a historical 8mm film collection.