Backstage Library Works

05/26/2026

Large-scale collection management projects are those which massively alter the organization or arrangement of materials, and they tend to be complicated to manage on top of staff’s usual responsibilities. Vendors like Backstage can assist by sending teams on-site to complete the work without disrupting day-to-day operations. How do these projects impact the library, and why are they important to consider?

05/19/2026

Our thanks to Andria, head of the library and archive of The Cleveland Orchestra, for meeting with us this month and showing us around! With a number of musicians on staff, it's always a delight to visit face to face and learn more about the incredible work you do.

05/06/2026

Scenes from the past captured on a recent visit to the Lansdale Historical Society! The Society aims to preserve and share the history of the North Penn area and Lansdale Borough through exhibits, events, and access to its research library and newspaper archives. Thanks for having us!

04/30/2026

Not all projects can travel. Did you know we can come to you?

We offer an on-site workflow for nearly every service department at Backstage and in this blog, we’ll explore a couple of examples, like our surrogate capture workflow for a special metadata project at the Oak Spring Garden Foundation and the multiple digitization projects performed on-site with The New York Historical. Read all about it with the link in the comments!

04/27/2026

Thursday through Saturday, catch us at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) in Richmond, Virginia! What's on your mind? Digitizing your collection, microfilming? Getting an extra hand on archival processing? Stop by and talk about it.

04/23/2026

Our team had the opportunity to visit the Washington County Free Library in Maryland this week to give a talk about our microfilming process! Decades of the local Globe newspaper were disbound and carefully scanned to microfilm as a means of preserving the serials, which were one-of-a-kind but at risk due to their brittle deterioration. Thanks for having us, Hagerstown!

This project was made possible in part with funding from the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority. Thank you Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area!

04/08/2026

Next week, find us at IUG! This will be a great time to say hello to our team and catch up on what's new!

04/03/2026

Our offices are closed today in observance of Good Friday. Please have a wonderful weekend, and we'll see you all again on Monday!

04/01/2026

Shelf-ready processing makes books, DVDs, and other resources ready to be shelved straight from the box. Backstage has been physically processing library collections for as long as it has been cataloging them, and we’ve become pretty quick.

But what if the shelving process could be even quicker? Read about it in our latest blog, link in the comments!

03/26/2026

Shelf-ready processing prepares library materials to be shelved. What can libraries customize, in their bibliographic data or physical processing, when working with Backstage? Can Backstage work with any publisher? What's the turn-around time? These questions and more are addressed in our latest FAQ.

Shelf-ready processing prepares library materials to be shelved. This typically includes physical processing like adding labels, barcodes, book jackets, and ...