We’ve recently installed hardware that allows us to digitize VHS tapes. The once ubiquitous medium is going the way of the punch card and the eight-inch floppy, so we’re archiving the titles before the tapes actually disintegrate. We came up with one simple criterion for selection: was the title already online or available on DVD? If so, we skipped it in order to preserve unique examples in our new Ephemeral VHS Collection.
I was going to pick a favorite or two to point out but I just don’t know where to start. This archive is going to keep me busy for hours.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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