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Hours
The service desk is staffed all the hours that the Knight Library is open. See the Document Center floor plan for information on location of collections.
Use of the Collections and Equipment
MICROFILM is 35 or 16 millimeter film on reels. MICROFICHE is 4 by 6 inch transparent cards. MICROPRINT is opaque cards. There is no printer for microprint.
There are in current service four reader/printer machines for microfilm and microfiche, four manual and two motorized microfilm readers, twelve microfiche readers, and one Microprint reader. Four portable readers are available for researchers; these may be checked out by UO faculty members for one term at a time.
All the Canon reader/printers can make copies from either microfilm or microfiche, and can accommodate either 35 mm or 16 mm film. If you have reading to do before printing, use a reader first and then move to a reader/printer when you know what you want to copy. If you have been using a reader/printer continuously for 1/2 hour, and no other reader/printer is available for a patron who is waiting, staff may ask you to give up the machine to that patron. Reader/printers produce copies for 13 cents each on copy cards (available from Checkout/ Information Desk) or 20 cents in coins (nickels or dimes only, as the machines cannot make change). The coin boxes and card readers on these machines cannot pass money from coin box to card. There is a change machine in the area that gives dimes for a dollar. A machine in the Copy Service area can make change for five dollar bills and changes quarters as well.
Copies may be made from positive or negative microfilm or microfiche, and different size lenses are available to produce a variety of print sizes. Threading diagrams posted on or near the machines explain how to mount microfilms properly. Do not attempt to service the machines or unsnarl film tangles. If no one is able to respond immediately to the service bell at the Microforms Service Desk, go to the Government Documents Service Desk and someone will be available there to assist you.
To use the CANON MS 400 reader/printers: Power switch is at bottom left.
- For microfilm (reels), load on the left spindle, with film feeding from the top of the reel, and pass the film under the black roller and between the glass plates, left to right. Press the blue feed lever toward the left. Film should feed onto the takeup reel on the right automatically. Ragged film ends or curled film may present problems. See the person on duty for help. The advance/rewind control is a wheel on the right. To move from one edge of the film to the other, push or pull the film carrier forward or back on its track. Most 35 mm film is positive, so select "p" for positive on the button at upper left. Turn OFF the mask (second from left). Controls on the lens are: top, Rotation; middle, Zoom; bottom, Focus. The image on screen that will print is between the four corners marked LTR (vertical). Print button is green, at upper right of control area. Laser printers are set for 400 dpi.
- For microfiche (flat 4x6 transparencies), push the film carrier all the way to the back, then slide the fiche carrier from left to center. Pull forward, raising the top glass. Put fiche on lower glass face down, then push carrier under lens. Many fiches, especially the ERIC Documents, are negative. Select "N" on the upper button to the left, and select the middle mask on the button to its right. Adjust magnification (middle ring on lens) to fit the four corners of the image to the four corners marked (at bottom right) "LTR". In most cases the pages run from top left to bottom right, in rows. Each page has to be positioned and copied manually, one at a time.
To use the SUPERCARREL microfilm readers: Power switch is at bottom left.
- Raise the upper glass. Load reel onto left spindle (firmly, all the way back) with film feeding from bottom of the reel, across the rollers and the lower glass, onto the bottom of the take-up reel. Lower the upper glass into position over the film and begin cranking the handle on the outside lower right of the carrel. Forward over the top is forward, backward over the top is reverse. The two lens ring controls are Focus and Zoom. To rotate the image, swing the carrier out from its recessed position underneath the carrel.
To use the READEX Microprint/Microcard reader: Power switch is at lower right of front panel.
- Pull x-y tray toward you until upper glass flips up, then place card in tray right side up, facing away from you. Focus knob pushes forward for 18X magnification, pulls back for 23X, rotates to focus. There is currently no printer at UO for Microprint.
To use microfiche readers, find power switch (various models, each is different).
- Pull x-y tray toward you until upper glass flips up, then place fiche facing up and facing away from you on the lower glass (exception is Krauss Curriculum Collection; place "face down"). The EYECOM readers tend to be the best for most uses.
Staff will make volume copies for UO faculty at .10 per page.
Staff will page Oregon newspapers from the Oregon Newspaper Microfilming Project for patrons who need to see issues not yet filmed and no longer in Current Newspapers and Periodicals. Titles being filmed do not include international or national papers, or these titles from Oregon: COOS BAY WORLD, EUGENE REGISTER GUARD, PORTLAND OREGONIAN, and SALEM STATESMAN JOURNAL. For more information on newspapers, see the Newspapers and Genealogical Resources on Microform <http://libweb.uoregon.edu/govdocs/micro/news.htm> page.
Interlibrary Loan
Many items in the Microforms Collection are available through Interlibrary Loan. Items may be checked out for eight weeks. There is a limit of six items (six reels or six microfiche titles) per non-UO user. Make the request by contacting your local library.
Searches
Staff will research the collection for you if it is not convenient for you to visit or to use Interlibrary Loan. Searches are $30.00/hr with a 1/2 hour minimum, prorated to the nearest 1/4 hour, plus .25 per copy.
To initiate a search, contact the Microforms Coordinator, Tamara Vidos. The reference email address is <tamarav@uoregon.edu>. The telephone number is (541) 346-1885, and the mailing address is Microforms, University of Oregon Knight Library, University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1299. Send the following information, as completely as possible:
Obituaries: full names(s), date of birth, date of death, date of burial or cremation, county (more useful than city) of death, name of spouse.
Articles: Author, title, subject, date, publication, city of publication.
Be sure to specify a limit (one hour, two hours, etc.). Send no money in advance; a bill will be mailed to you with the results.
Purchases
The Oregon Newspaper Microfilming Project is a cost-recovery operation and keeps its film prices as low as possible. Please direct inquiries to the ONP at onp@uoregon.edu or call Linda Sato, 541-346-1822. General questions about the filming of Oregon newspapers may be directed to Normandy Helmer, Preservation Dept. Head, 541-346-1864.
Maintained by: Tamara Vidos, tamarav@uoregon.eduLast Modified: 11/14/2007