The Reel Library: Master Negative Microfilm Collections at the Library of Congress

About

Although the Library has shifted toward digital, microfilm’s chapter at the Library of Congress (LOC) is far from closed. The Library of Congress has over one million reels of microfilm in its collections and microfilm are requested and used every day. Microfilm may be the only copy of important material at the LOC. The Preservation Services Division ensures that patrons to the Library can continue to use the vast and diverse microfilm collection. Although the Library does not continue to produce microfilm, it receives it from overseas offices and must process and organize it. Microfilm digitization makes these collections even more accessible. Microfilm is easy to digitize, and its peculiarities, such as tape marks, targets, and fingerprints of employees remain in its digitized version. These traces of the employees who worked tirelessly to create microfilm remind us of the human side of preservation and library work. It is fitting that they have left their mark on the pages of history.

Archive

Library of Congress, in Library of Congress: talks and concerts

Licence or status

Rights statement at the Library of Congress, as the Library of Congress states it.

Rights statement

While the Library of Congress created most of the videos in this collection, they include copyrighted materials that the Library has permission from rightsholders to present. Rights assessment is your responsibility. The written permission of the copyright owners in materials not in the public domain is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use or other statutory exemptions. There may also be content that is protected under the copyright or neighboring-rights laws of other nations. Permissions may additionally be required from holders of other rights (such as publicity and/or privacy rights). Whenever possible, we provide information that we have about copyright owners and related matters in the catalog records, finding aids and other texts that accompany collections. However, the information we have may not be accurate or…

Credit

Library of Congress

Language

English

Country

United States

Who can watch

The archive gives no rating. Invisible Network shows it to Tweens profiles and older, judged from its collection and subjects. How films are placed