Louis Brizuela stands in front of a custom-built microfiche scanning workstation.
Every morning, the team huddles up in the small digitization center to talk about the previous day’s completed pages and map out the upcoming work. Brizuela watches over and QA’s the scanning done by the team. Depending on the type of collection, each scanner can scanhundreds of cards a day.
Brizuela describes the vibe in the microfiche digitization center as pretty relaxing, with staff members chatting and interacting while they work. Often, they have headphones to listen to an audiobook or podcast. “If they are listening to music, sometimes they bust a dance move, or bob their head to get in the groove. People enjoy seeing that,” Brizuela said.
[Learn about details of the set up from Sophia Tung, who engineered the livestream
Brizuela added: “If you’re curious about what whatsapp number list microfiche is, tune in and you’ll see the process of scanning—and learn a little bit about history.”
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Access the Internet Archive collections with RapidILL
Here’s a resource sharing tip for our community of librarians:
RapidILL members have an option to include the Internet Archive as a potential supplier for their borrowing requests. If you are interested in providing your users with access to the Internet Archive’s collections through your RapidILL workflows, please complete this form.
Not a RapidILL member? You can also request materials through OCLC’s resource sharing network.
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The Lardine Tapes: Celebrity, History, Conversation
Bob Lardine (1924-2019) asked great questions.
As an interviewer, he knew how to keep things light, conversational. He got the information he needed, and wrote articles based on what answers the subject provided, but he did it in a way that never felt like he was prodding, or intending to catch someone out.