In our Memory Lab, you can scan digitize nearly any type of photograph or document. This includes historical photographs, daguerreotypes, postcards, official documents, and so much more.

Our Epson scanner is a very large, state-of-the-art scanner that can digitize your items and produce high-quality scans for you to keep.

To digitize your items, you will need to bring:

1.) All photos, documents, and film negatives you wish to scan

2.) A USB drive, a Cloud storage, or external hard drive to save your items

For step-by-step instructions on how to use the Epson scanner to scan photographs, documents and slides, please utilize the following user guides:

EPSON 12000XL Patron User Guide -- Spanish

EPSON 12000XL Patron User Guide -- English

You can also watch these helpful videos on using the Epson scanner,

courtesy of Arcadia Public Library:

Questions? Ask a Library Staff Member for assistance.

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In our Memory Lab, you can digitize photographic slides. These are small, usually 35mm, and encased in cardboard:

Here is a helpful diagram that describes slides:

Film negatives are the actual images produced by a camera. They are laid out in strips with perforations:

A helpful diagram that describes film negatives:

To digitize slides and negatives, the Memory Lab uses the Wolverine F2D Titan:

To digitize your slides or film, you will need to bring:

1.) Your slides or film

2.) A SD card to save your items

To use the Wolverine F2D Titan, please use this very helpful following guide, courtesy of the Lewisville Public Library:

Wolverine Film Converter User Guide

You can also watch this helpful how-to video on using the Wolverine F2D Titan:

Questions? Ask a Library Staff Member for assistance.

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In our Memory Lab, you can digitize 8 mm (millimeter) and Super 8 mm. These reels usually look like this: 

Not sure what exactly 8 mm and Super 8 mm are?

Here are two helpful guides:

In our Memory Lab, we digitize Reel-to-Reel film using the Wolverine MovieMaker Pro. It is an easy-to-use, effective way to preserve your older film.

To digitize your film, you will need:

1.) An SD card no larger than 32 GB to save your film or a USB drive

2.) Time! Film is digitized very slowly--at the rate of 20 frames per second. It takes 10 minutes to digitize 1 minute of film. Make sure your appointment is long enough to digitize your film!

*Remember--there is no sound in these films!*

To learn more about using the Wolverine Moviemaker Pro,

here is a helpful step-by-step guide: 

Here is a helpful video:

Questions? Ask a Library Staff Member for assistance.

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In our Memory Lab, you can digitize VHS and VHS-C tapes. VHS tapes were very popular analogue videocassette recorders:

Here is a helpful guide that explains a VHS tape in detail:

Another helpful diagram that demonstrates the components of a VHS tape:

In addition to VHS tapes, you can also digitize VHS-C tapes:

Here's a helpful guide to VHS-C tapes:

**The library has an adapter for your VHS-C tapes! **

To digitize both types of VHS tapes, the Memory Lab uses a Sony VHS/DVD combo player in conjunction with a Wolverine Transmedia converter:

To digitize a tape, you will need:

1.) An SD card or USB drive

2.) The VHS tape you wish to digitize

3.) Time! It takes the same amount of time to digitize the tape as it would to watch the tape. Make sure your appointment is long enough to digitize your tape!

Memory Lab staff members will help you get set up with the equipment and demonstrate how to get started. You can also watch this helpful video on the Wolverine Transmedia Converter:

Not sure where to begin with digitizing your VHS tapes? Check out this guide for some helpful tips:

Video Digitization Starter Guide

Questions? Ask a Library Staff Member for assistance.

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In our Memory Lab, you can digitize vinyl phonograph records (33 1/3, 45, and 78 RPM) 

You can digitize your vinyl records in the Memory Lab using the Audio-Technica Direct Drive Turntable:

This state-of-the-art turntable has a simple USB port that allows you to connect directly to a computer and save your records using a program called 'Audacity'. Library Staff will walk you through the set-up for this process.  

To digitize your vinyl records, you will need:

1.) A USB Drive

2.) Plenty of time to digitize your records. It takes the running length of the record for it to be digitized. 

If you want to learn more about the Audio-Technica Direct Drive Turntable, here is a helpful video:

If you want to learn more about Audacity, the program used to convert records to digital format, here is a helpful tutorial:

Questions? Ask a Library Staff Member for assistance.

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In our Memory Lab, you can digitize 3.5 inch floppy disks. Floppy disks are thin, square-shaped storage disks popular from the 1970's to the 1990's for storing information. 

Here is a helpful guide to floppy disks:

You can digitize the contents of your floppy disks in the Memory Lab using an Iomega Zipdrive. This Zip drive has a USB cord that can easily plug into a computer and enable you to view, edit, and save the contents of your floppy disks. 

To digitize your floppy disks, you will need:

1.) Your floppy disk(s)

2.) A USB drive or Cloud storage information 

Here's a helpful video guide to using the Iomega Zipdrive: 

Questions? Ask a Library Staff Member for assistance.

We are here to help you!