Researchers rejoice:?Library adds digital microfilm scanner
PHOTO BY JILL GOSCHE
Karen Culp, assistant director of Tiffin-Seneca Public Library, demonstrates how to use the library’s new digital microfilm scanner.
Searching for documents stored on microfilm just got easier at Tiffin-Seneca Public Library. The library welcomed its first digital microfilm scanner about two weeks ago.
“It’s ready to go,” said Jeff Winkle, T-SPL’s director.
Patrons can load rolls of microfilm onto the digital microfilm scanner, and data is transferred to a computer that allows them to manipulate, print, e-mail and save the image.
Winkle said the library previously had no way for patrons to transform microfilm data into an electronic format.
“Not many places do,” he said. “This is cutting edge.”
Karen Culp, assistant director of Tiffin-Seneca Public Library, said officials realized the need for the scanner about 18 months ago when they noticed more genealogists bringing laptop computers into the library.
“(The machine) puts us up-to-date with technology and the world of microfilm in printing and reading,” she said.
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