DIY Mini Memory Labs

The DIY Mini Memory Labs are do-it-yourself stations for digitizing your personal photo collections and home movies located in select CALS branches. Currently, the Mini Memory Labs are available at Fletcher Library and McMath Library.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU VISIT

Each station comes with written instructions and video tutorials. For questions concerning the Mini Memory Labs, please email memorylab@cals.org.

Digitization formats

• CANON FLATBED SCANNER
  • Photographs/Documents up to 8.5 x 11.7 inches
• VEHO SLIDES AND FILM SCANNER
  • Photographic film negatives and slides
    • Mounted slides
    • 135/110/126 filmstrips
• WOLVERINE VIDEO CONVERTER
  • VHS Tapes

DIY Mini Memory Lab Policy

You must sign in at the branch to use the Mini Memory Lab. By signing in, you agree to the following:

• The Mini Memory Labs are a Do-It-Yourself service, and I understand that library staff will not digitize or scan my items for me.
•  The Central Arkansas Library System is not responsible for any items left or damaged at the Mini Memory Labs.
• I understand that to save my files, I must bring a storage device (external hard drive or flash drive) or log in to a cloud storage account (Google Drive, iCloud, etc.).
• Digitizing copyrighted material is prohibited.

A/V formats digitize in real time. If the tape has two hours of content, then it will take two hours to digitize that content. There is no way to speed up the process. Also, the condition of material to be digitized may limit the ability to digitize and the quality of the digitization.

Personal Archiving Classes & Resources

Before patrons use the Mini Memory Lab services, we strongly encourage attending our Personal Archiving class. This class is held once a month and introduces patrons to organizing their photos and other papers.

The CALS DIY Memory Lab Project was established as part of the DC Public Library Memory Lab Network and funded in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services with continued funding from the Mellon Foundation.