By Michelle Metcalf
NOPL Communications Director
Inside the Northern Onondaga Public Library (NOPL) at Brewerton is the Nancy Boisseau Preservation Studio — equipped with all the tools you need to preserve old memories — and all are invited to attend one of two upcoming open houses to see demonstrations of how to use the equipment.
The first Preservation Studio Open House is from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, and the second is from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6.
Two types of photo scanners are available in the Preservation Studio. The first will scan an entire album page of photos and allow you to “separate” them digitally, while the second scanner can feed and scan up to 25 loose photos per minute.
A special recording device scans VHS home movies and simultaneously burns them onto writeable DVDs in real time. Individual slides, slide carousels, and various sizes of film can be digitized on another device, and the resulting images are saved to an SD card.
Demonstrations will be available for all of the equipment. In addition to the demonstrations, visitors will also be able to reserve a time to return and work on their own projects. Anyone who cannot attend one of the open houses but is still interested in learning how to use the equipment to preserve their old photos and videos is encouraged to call the library at 315-676-7484 to make an appointment.
The Preservation Studio is open to all. Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments are strongly recommended. Visitors are encouraged to bring their own digital storage device, but the library does have DVDs, CDs, SD cards and flash drives available for purchase at the service desk.
For more information about the Preservation Studio, FAQs, and links to free online photo editing software and classes, please visit nopl.org/pstudio.
