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Genealogy & Local
History Room, the Genealogy & Local History Room at the Central
Library of Montgomery County Memorial Library System is pleased to
announce a new service for the public: The Preservation Pad. The
MCMLS Genealogy department recognizes that the photos and documents
of today are the historical records of future generations. The
library’s Preservation Pad is here to help individuals convert their
print, photographic, and analog media into a digital format thereby
helping to preserve and share precious family memories and moments
for generations to come. The Preservation Pad is set up into four
distinct stations with state of the art equipment to help you in
this process: |
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Kodak High Speed Photo Scanner& Kiosk |
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Got shoeboxes or photo albums stuffed with print photographs? The
new Kodak High Speed Photo scanner will help you convert those
prints into a high-resolution digital image format. With an easy to
use touch-screen interface as well as a scanner capable of scanning
50 photos per minute, you will be able to create digital copies of
all those photographs in no time flat. Just bring in a spare USB
flash drive and your photos to get started! |
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Wolverine F2D Mighty Scanner |
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Want to convert those old slides or negatives into a digital image?
Our small but powerful Wolverine F2D Mighty Scanner is capable of
handling 35mm, 100mm, 126K, 127K slides and negatives, as well as
old 8mm / Super 8 film strips, converting them into a digital JPEG
image format. Just bring in your old photographic media along with
your USB Flash drive to get started! |
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Funai VHS-to-DVD Converter |
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The year 2016 marked the end of an era: The last VHS player was
manufactured in July 2016. The time is ticking for those who have
those old home videos saved onto VHS cassette tapes to convert them
over to a DVD format. The Preservation Pad’s Funai VHS-to-DVD
Converter, literally the last of its kind, is here to help you do
just that. Just bring in your old VHS tapes along with a blank DVD
–R / -RW disk to get started. (Note: Our player can’t read positive
DVD discs (DVD +R / +RW). Please double check your disc type before
coming in to use the converter!) |
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DVD/Blu-Ray / M-DISC Produplicator |
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So you just finished converting those old home videos
or photos and burned them onto a new DVD. Want to make some copies
to share with family or friends? Our Produplicator is a
disc-duplicating machine that can make up to five copies
of a CD, DVD or Blu-Ray disk at once. It is also equipped with a
powerful burner that can copy a normal DVD or Blu-Ray disk onto the
new M-Disc archival media format that is capable of lasting up to
1,000 years without any degradation to data. Just bring in your
source DVD along with a few blank discs to get started! |
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If you are interested in
using any of the machines in the Preservation Pad, we ask that you
please contact the Genealogy Department to set up a reservation
first by calling 936-788-8363
ext. 6249 or emailing us at librarygenealogy@countylibrary.org.
Due to anticipated high demand for our new
equipment, reservations will be made at a first-come-first served
basis. Thank you! |
