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Digital Preservation at CSUN University Library

Describes policies relating to the digital preservation of archives at the University Library.

Lab Equipment

The Digital Services Lab contains modern and legacy technologies to ensure high quality captures of physical archives reformatted for long term digital preservation and access. These services are provided for CSUN University Library Special Collections and Archives and associated digital projects. The lab facilitates the following reformatting and data services with limitations noted:

Text

Bound books, pamphlets, brochures, letters, documents (letter and legal), broadsides, and maps up to 25" x 36"

  • Bookeye 5 V1A
  • Bookedge scanner
  • Epson V800 flatbed scanner (2)
  • Epson XL10000 flatbed scanner
  • Epson XL12000 flatbed scanner

Images

Negatives (35mm, 4x5, 120/620), slides (35mm), microfilm, prints and art up to 25" x 36"

  • Bookeye 5 V1A
  • Epson V800 flatbed scanner with transparency kit (2)
  • Epson XL10000 flatbed scanner
  • Epson XL12000 flatbed scanner with transparency kit
  • Microfilm scanner

Three-dimensional objects

Audiovisual media carriers, canisters, cassettes, reels, records and record jackets, CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays, floppy disks, external and internal hard drives, memory cards/drives, and sculptures/figurines/artifacts

  • Nikon D700 DSLR
  • Copy stand
  • Adjustable LEDs
  • Light tent with rotating mount

Audio

Open reels, audiocassettes, microcassettes (coming soon), vinyl records, digital audio tapes (DAT), CDs

  • Akai GX-210D stereo reel-to-reel (3.75, 7.5 ips)
  • TEAC X-1000R stereo reel-to-reel (3.75, 7.5 ips)
  • Uher 4200 Report stereo reel-to-reel (2.4, 4.7, 9.5, 19 cm/sec)
  • Tascam 202 Mk VII (4)
  • Panasonic microcassette player
  • Audiotechnica AT-120 (33.3, 45, 78 rpm)
  • Ultrasonic vinyl disc cleaning system
  • Sony 57ES DAT player
  • Sony 75ES DAT player
  • CD/DVD combo drives
  • Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 audio interfaces (4)

Video

VHS, SVHS, Betamax, Betacam SP, U-matic, U-matic SP, DVD/Blu-ray (We are not able to capture film or magnetic reels at this time)

  • LG VHS (16)
  • Panasonic VHS (8)
  • Sony SVHS SVO-5800 (2)
  • Sony Betamax SL-HF500
  • Sony Betacam SP UVW-1800
  • Sony Betacam SP BVW-65
  • Sony U-matic VP-5000
  • Sony U-matic VO-5800
  • Sony U-matic SP VO-9600
  • Sony Hi8 Handycam CCD-TRV65
  • Sony MiniDV (6)
  • DVD/Blu-ray combo drives
  • For.A FA-310 time base corrector
  • Hotronic AP41 time base corrector
  • Tektronix 1710B waveform monitor
  • Tektronix 1730 waveform monitor
  • Tektronix 1720 vector scope SCH
  • Tektronix 1720 vector scope
  • Tektronix TSG-170 Test Signal Generator
  • BlackMagic UltraStudio HD video interfaces (2)
  • BlackMagic dual digital monitors
  • Panasonic CRT monitor

Audiovisual conservation

  • Cabella Dehydrator
  • Blank VHS and audiocassettes
  • 1/4" and 8/16mm splice kits

Data Acquisition

3.5" and 5.25" floppy disks (no 8"), 100 Mb Zip, Dittomax, data CDs/DVDs, thumb drives, memory cards, external hard drives, internal SATA drives

  • 3.5" floppy disk drives (4)
  • 5.25" floppy disk drive (3)
  • Floppy controller card (USB)
  • Zip drives (3)
  • Dittomax drive
  • CD/DVD combo drives (4)
  • Digital Intelligence Forensic Computer (FRED) with Tableau I/O

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