From: Emily Pfotenhauer <emily@wils.org> Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 11:49:18 -0600 Message-ID: <CAMtke00E7ndhoQn9TmVHeWmj6QNjDbgtEO0HUnJGZvriRmvnuQ@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: microfilm reader
There are quite a lot of different options available for getting newspaper
microfilm digitized and online. The $0.33/page cost Tim mentioned is for
adding content to the Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers, which is sponsored
by the Wisconsin Newspaper Association and available online through
BadgerLink:
https://badgerlink.dpi.wi.gov/resource/archive-wisconsin-newspapers
The Florence Mining News 1881-1894 is available online in the
BadgerLink/WNA database. The Wisconsin Historical Society has put together
a map of historical newspapers currently online from different sources
including WNA, Chronicling America (Library of Congress) and other
databases: https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wisconsinnewspapers
Emily Pfotenhauer
Community Liaison & Service Specialist, WiLS
608-616-9756
emily@wils.org
On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 8:31 AM, Debra Demuri <dkd@borderlandnet.net> wrote:
> I would be interested about information converting micro film to digital.
> The Florence Mining News micro films we have date from 1881-2012. If would
> be nice to have them in digital format so they would be searchable. Unless
> you know the date or close to the date, you can spend hours searching
> information needed. The micro films were costly to purchase and then the
> question of what to do with them. We stopped purchasing them as you can
> obtain them from our local library web site via the Nicolet Federated
> Library System. Debbie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sara Steele" <smsteele@wisc.edu>
> To: "Janet Seymour" <localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2018 1:44:12 PM
> Subject: Re: microfilm reader
>
> Tim
>
> Have you asked whether i would be possible to convert the microfilms to
> digital? Your newspapers probably aren't as many pages as those printed
> in larger cities. I do not know how expensive such conversion is, but I
> think if it is possible and cost effective you will find digital easier
> to use than microfilm.
>
> Sara
>
> On 2/24/2018 4:18 PM, Tim Wyss wrote:
> > Greetings:
> >
> > The Clear Lake Historical Museum does not have a microfilm reader for
> > reading newspapers printed in our community that we plan to purchase
> > from the Wisconsin Historical Society. I am asking for advice on what
> > we should be looking for in our first reader. Are there sites where
> > used equipment is available or should we only consider buying new
> > technology?
> >
> > Thanks for sharing you experiences.
> >
> > Tim Wyss
> > Clear Lake Historical Museum
>
>