Institutions worldwide are using Veridian to preserve and share diverse archival materials beyond newspapers. Explore projects such as the Helen Keller Archive, Ulukau, the Clarke Digital Archive, and Papers Past, each demonstrating how Veridian enhances discovery, accessibility, and engagement.

Veridian is best known for powering the discovery and accessibility of historic newspapers—but its capabilities extend well beyond that.

The platform also supports a wide range of other digitised materials, including books, letters, magazines, photographs, maps, audio and video—helping organisations make their archives searchable and accessible online.

The following projects demonstrate how Veridian is being used to provide access to a wide range of materials other than newspapers:

The Helen Keller Archive

The Helen Keller Archive at the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) is the world’s largest repository of materials related to Helen Keller, encompassing letters, speeches, press clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, architectural drawings, artifacts, and audio-visual recordings.

What makes this project remarkable is its accessibility. The digital collection is designed to be fully usable by visitors who are blind, deaf, hard-of-hearing, or deafblind. To achieve this, the Veridian team developed a suite of accessibility features—including text zoom, color conversion, keyboard navigation, and braille compatibility—ensuring the collection is inclusive for all users.

Ulukau 

Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, is dedicated to preserving and sharing Hawaiʻi’s language, culture, and history. It brings together over twenty unique collections, including Kaniʻāina, an extensive archive of Hawaiian language audio and video recordings; the Ulukau Photo Archive, showcasing historical photographs of Hawaiʻi and its people; and Ulukau Books, offering a wide range of Hawaiian-language and related. publications. 

The Clarke Digital Collection

Hosted by the Clarke Historical Library at Central Michigan University, the Clarke Digital Archive encompasses an extensive collection documenting the history of Michigan. Among the many fragile treasures preserved digitally are the Hemingway family scrapbooks, which include rare sepia-silver photographs, letters, artwork, and other family memorabilia.

Papers Past

The Papers Past collection, curated by the National Library of New Zealand, is a flagship digital archive of New Zealand and Pacific heritage. It provides access to digitised full-text magazines, journals, books, letters, diaries, and parliamentary papers—making millions of pages of historical content searchable and freely accessible online.

How Veridian brings diverse archives to life

From manuscripts and photographs to maps, recordings, and rare books, Veridian’s features help transform digitised materials into dynamic, discoverable online collections that engage audiences around the world.

Some of the key features include:

• Advanced browsing and search — Intuitive navigation and robust search capabilities make it easy to explore large and diverse collections, regardless of material type.

• IIIF support — Veridian supports the International Image Interoperability Framework, allowing deep zoom, high-resolution viewing, and interoperability with other IIIF-compliant repositories.
• Customised presentation — Every Veridian project is branded and tailored to reflect the identity and vision of the collection owner, creating a distinctive and engaging user experience.
• Crowdsourcing and engagement tools — Veridian is the only discovery and delivery platform to integrate User Text Correction (UTC), empowering visitors to improve OCR accuracy and actively participate in preserving historical materials.
• Responsive design — Veridian collections are optimised for seamless viewing on all modern desktop and mobile devices.
• Customized presentation — Every Veridian project comes with branding and customization unique to the owner of the collection.
• Accessibility compliance — Veridian meets international web accessibility guidelines, removing barriers that prevent access for people with disabilities.

View a comprehensive list of Veridian features.


If you have an archive—whether newspapers, manuscripts, photographs, or audio and video content—you’d like to preserve and share online, get in touch. We’d love to help you bring it to life.