Image: Microfilm Old Library
Microform is material that contains a small image or microreproduction of a document. It is used to save space as thousands of pages of documents can be stored in this way. It is commonly used as a storage medium for newspapers, government documents, and other archive materials for this reason. The most common forms are microfilm and microfiche.
Since the images are micro sized a specialist reader/scanner device is used to magnify and view the microfilm / microfiche images.
Exeter Campus
There is a new Uscan microform reader / scanner with PC attached ocated in the Old Library Level -1. You can make an appointment with Special Collections reading room staff for an induction of how to use the machine and the software.
Booking the Uscan microfilm scanner
You can book the Uscan microfilm scanner here. It can be used in situ or by arrangement can be booked for use in the Old Library seminar rooms for teaching.
Please email libspc@exeter.ac.uk with any queries.
In addition there is a manually operated microfilm reader and a microfiche reader.
The main microform collection is located in the Old Library. Other archive material is located with subject collections or is available in the closed Roborough Basement collection and is retrievable on request.
All titles and locations are discoverable via Library Search.
The Microfilm reader is on the 2nd floor of the Penryn Campus library. Please email library@fxplus.ac.uk for further details.
You can arrange an appointment and Library staff will attend to assist with setup of the Microform reader / scanner
Staff will fit the lens to the scanner for you, and remove it when you have finished.
Please do not handle the lenses yourself, as they are fragile and expensive to replace.
Detailed instructions on using the microform reader scanner are available below, and are also available in printed format at the reader scanner temporarily located in the Old Library.
The microcard reader is on level -1 of the Old Library. Please see vidoe link below on how to use this equipment.
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