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New Books on the Shelf
at
the Genealogy & History Room
August 1, 2021 in PDF
New Books on the Shelf
at
the Genealogy & History Room
July 1, 2021 in PDF
New Books on the Shelf
at
the Genealogy & History Room
July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 in PDF
New Books on the Shelf
at
the Genealogy & History Room
August thru October 2019
in PDF
Preservation
Pad at the Library:
Instructions
for Using the Equipment
Preservation Pad Fact Sheet
Preservation Pad Tri-Fold
Kodak High Speed Photo Scanner & Kiosk
Epson V850 Pro Flatbed Scanner
Funai VHS-to-DVD Converter
DVD/Blu-Ray / M-DISC Produplicator
Wolverine 8MM-Super8 Movie Maker Pro
Wolverine Slide Scanner
Ion USB Cassette Converter
Photos of the
Preservation Pad Equipment
from 2017
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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 librarys 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! Does single and double sided scans for those photos
that are identified! |
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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 Pads 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
cant 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! The
M-Discs come in various capacities. |
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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! |
