My Clearwater
The Heritage Studio at the Main Library is Back Open!
Summer 19
Save Your Precious Memories with a
Trip to the Library
Do you have a pile of photo albums or video
cassette tapes that are gathering dust? Whether it’s
home movies or old marketing materials, don’t
let time and obsolete formats get in the way of
sharing precious memories. Instead, stop by the Heritage
Studio at the Clearwater Main Library in downtown
Clearwater. The studio is a place where you can view a
variety of old media formats and convert them to digital files
that can be shared with family and friends, or as part of a
social media campaign for your business. All that it costs is
your time, a little effort and a flash drive.
The Heritage Studio offers stations where you can reserve
time to convert a number of formats. Reserve the Video
Station to watch and convert popular home video formats
(VHS and Betamax), as well as camcorder formats (hi8,
miniDV and compact VHS-C). Conversion happens in real
time, so every hour recorded is an hour watched.
If you have stacks of photographs, reserve the Photo Station
to quickly batch scan, or use a special transparency scanner
to scan negatives and slides. For audio files, the Audio
Station offers a reel-to-reel audio tape player, as well as vinyl,
audio cassette and microcassette players. Make use of the
three Projector Stations to convert 16mm, 8mm and Super8
films.
Finally, if you’ve got big books, rare newspapers, or
magazines, reserve time to use the large format scanner: it
will scan documents up to 33.5 inches wide and 23 inches
tall. This scanner is also a great way of capturing large
advertising materials, such as posters and smaller signs.
The Heritage Studio is located on the fourth floor of the
Main Library and is open during limited hours. Check
myclearwaterlibrary.com for the studio's schedule. The
Heritage Studio is open to the public, and no library card is
needed. Library staff members are available to get you started
and to help solve any technical problems.
For more information or to make a reservation, visit the
Maker Studios section of myclearwaterlibrary.com, or call
562-4970.
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