[Sca-cooks] Two questions

[Johnna Holloway]

Part of the problem with microfilm collections is that if the old  
technology
works and they can still get supplies .. well yeah you might well  
encounter
slick paper copiers in the microfilm rooms. They are so underutilized  
these days...
Or you could encounter an excellent
new reader scanner/printer or nothing at all in terms of a printer  
that makes copies.
(Our local public library has a reader but no printer which means  
those using
interlibrary loaned microfilms must copy information off by hand.)
Numerous libraries did buy Early English printed book collections in  
microfilm
and those collections are still there. Libraries that can't afford the  
online EEBO
collection can still provide access to the books. It's just more work.

(BTW, the trick with slick paper copies is to make a plain paper copy  
of the slick copies as soon as
possible. Then store the slick paper copies in an archival box. I have  
copies I made from
microfilm from the 1980's that are in perfect shape because I did this.)

I used a brand new scanner at the UM to make a copy of a work that I  
owned on microfilm several years back.
( I shall just say it's a cookery book from 1500.)
It took hours and hours. Luckily they hadn't connected it to a coin/ 
charge machine yet, so
they let me have my copies for free since I was a librarian.

People may gripe about EEBO and EEBO-TCP but they have really  
revolutionized the study
of English texts.

Johnnae


On Sep 11, 2009, at 10:11 PM, David Walddon wrote:

> Johnnae,
> Tell me it isn't so!
> A coin operated microfilm reader!
> I bet it has the slimy paper too!
> Seattle has the new USB Microfilm reader.
> SO COOL!!!
> It "prints" (I think to PDF) right to your USB thumb drive!
> And then you can ZOOM in!
> Eduardo
>
>
> On 9/11/09 6:12 PM, "Johnna Holloway" <johnnae at mac.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Sep 11, 2009, at 7:29 PM, Lynn wrote:
>>
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> Oh clever and studied ones....I have two questions ...
>>> (1) In the Florilegium there is a discussion about period shortbread
>>> from John Partidge's The Widowes Treasure, 1585. I do not have the
>>> book (would like to know where to get it).
>>
>> Numerous editions (1582-1655) of the Widowes Treasure have been
>> microfilmed and are available in that format.
>> The author is John Partridge. Note spelling!
>>
>> Those with academic access or university connections may be able to
>> view a copy through Early English Books Online.
>> Check with your nearest college or academic library for instructions
>> and availability. (The service is very very expensive
>> and many libraries cannot afford to provide access. In that case, ask
>> if the library has Early English Books I on microfilm.
>> You can always go drop quarters and print off a copy from the
>> microfilm. Expensive in time, but a copy is a copy.)