Thank you for your interest in using our Memory Lab to digitize your memories. Our new Memory Lab is extremely popular, with available dates being reserved as quickly as they are made available. We are aware that this may be frustrating to many who have been trying to reserve a spot without success. We ask for your patience. Please do not email us asking if there is any way to be placed on a waitlist, or for an exception to the normal sign-up procedure we have in place - there is not. Currently reservations for available dates will be posted 30 days in advance. We recommend checking in on a regular basis as we will also re-open spaces when there are cancellations. Thank you for your support!
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Reservations:
Appointments are for 2.5 hours, although you may not need that much time for what you bring. If you bring more than what can be done in 2.5 hours, you must make another appointment to finish your work.
The Memory Lab currently supports two patrons in each time slot. The equipment is provided to each patron as outlined in the table below. Starting the week of January 15th, a third time slot will be added to some shifts to support VHS video transfers. By reviewing the information about the Memory Lab, you will determine what equipment you wish to reserve. The chart below describes the equipment that will be available for each session.
NOTE: We cannot digitize, Betamax, Video 8 cassetts, or DV cassettes without patron provided player equipment.
To book an appointment for our Memory Lab,
Session: Option 1
Equipment: Wolverine MovieMaker NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE DUE TO EQUIPMENT REPAIRS
8mm and Super 8 Film (silent only)
Equipment: Epson V600 Scanner
35mm and medium-format slides, film, and prints into high-resolution files. Slide format: 35mm.
Negative sizes: 35mm, 120 and 620. Documents or prints: 8.5” x 11.7” maximum size
Session: Option 2
Equipment: Epson FastFoto
Scan multiple photos in an automatic feeder in a short period of time. Feed tray capacity: 36
photos. Photo sizes: 3 x 5” • 4 x 6” • 5 x 7” • 8 x 10” • Polaroid photos. Document Size: 8 x 10”
Equipment: Epson V39 Scanner
The following items will be scanned on the V39 flatbed scanner (not the FastFoto scanner).
Fragile photos or documents. Photos that are curled. Photos thicker than .011 inch. Photos with
tears
Session: Option 3
Equipment: ClearClick 3.0
Supports multiple video and audio devices.
The lab has a VCR that will play VHS and VHS-C video cassettes.
Other video plays (provided by user) may be connected to the ClearClick. Examples being
Video 8, Betamax and DV.
Audio files may also be digitized. The lab has an audio cassette player.
Note:
- The Canon copier/scanner can be used with either appointment. It will scan up to an 11 x 17” photo or document.
- Negative sizes 110, 126, and 127 can be digitized by special request.
Here is some information on our equipment and what it can do.
