This module was created for the Australia’s Asian Garrisons, based at Macquarie University, Sydney, and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. The module has been designed to record archival documents in degraded conditions. The archives were often without stable internet connection, without access to scanner / photocopier with the exception of mobile phone for taking pictures. The module upon export from the server compiles taken photos into PDF format and automatically attaches available metadata, and provides OCR text version of the scanned document.

This module was co-developed by Prof Sean Brawley at Macquarie University, Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations and Shawn Ross and Brian Ballsun-Stanton at the FAIMS Project, Department of Ancient History, Macquarie University.

Development of this module was funded by Australian Research Council Discovery Grant ARC DP160100750 and by the Research Attraction and Acceleration Program (RAAP) NSW Department of Industry 16805/00 aimed to support innovation and investment in the New South Wales in 2016 and 2017.

April 2016

FAIMS v2.5 (Android 6+)

This module is licensed under an international Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Licence (CC BY 4.0).

This module is part of the FAIMS Demo library on our publicly accessible Demo server (http://demo.fedarch.org/).

• structured recording of archival metadata
• automatically attaches recent photos taken on the device to the archival record (metadata)
• upon export produces PDF with metadata, OCR scan of the document, OCR text file of the document
• see detailed instructions how to use the module

• research in archives or libraries with restrictive use of scanners and photocopiers
• tagging of printed documents and their digitisation

For more details about the Australia’s Asian Garrisons please visit http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/australias-asian-garrisons. If you have any questions about the Australia’s Asian Garrisons, contact [email protected].

If you have any questions about the module, please contact the FAIMS team at [email protected] and we will get back to you within one business day.