The Personal Archiving Lab at the Central Library is a collection of equipment that can be used to digitize at-risk analog materials. The Lab supports the following
formats:
- VHS tapes
- VHS-C tapes
- DVDs (not BluRay)
- Audio cassettes
- MiniDV tapes
- Hi-8 tapes
- Photographs / negatives / slides
- Paper-based documents
Patrons who use the lab must bring some form of external storage — a portable hard drive, or a thumb drive — on which digital files can be stored.
Personal Archiving Lab Tutorials - By Appointment
First-time users will need to attend a one-time Personal Archiving Lab Tutorial. To set up a tutorial session, contact reference@madisonpubliclibrary.org.
Funded by a gift from Marvin J. Levy.
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