Tuesday, February 25, 2020

The lasting power of microfilm at the Madison Public Library


Photos by Retiring Guy

Peek-a-boo


Related reading:
Microfilm Lasts Half a Millennium.  (The Atlantic, 7/22/2018)
And yet the microfilm machine is still widely used. It has centuries of lasting power ahead of it, and new models are still being manufactured. It’s a shame that no intrigue will greet their arrival, because these machines continue to prove essential for preserving and accessing archival materials.

Related post:
The weeding of print reference collections in two photos.  (2/25/2020)

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