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2014

Library and Information Science

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University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

Digitization

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“Riding The Rails” To Efficiency: A Production Line For 25,000 Glass Negatives, Jim Lowrey Jan 2014

“Riding The Rails” To Efficiency: A Production Line For 25,000 Glass Negatives, Jim Lowrey

UWM Libraries Other Staff Publications

When planning the digitization a large collection of glass-plate negatives, the UWM Libraries developed a low-friction 'rail' system to improve efficiency and negative safety for using an overhead 35mm camera for digitization. The rail system and its advantages are described in detail.