Some scanners have optional micrifilm reader attachments. And I believe
Minolta, for one, sells a package that includes microfilm reading
capability.
Wayne Miller

On Thu, 5 Oct 2000 [log in to unmask] wrote:

> In a message dated 10/5/00 2:33:39 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << Don't forget that it is possible to scan directly from microfilm - one
> doesn't need to try to hang on to paper copies of records in anticipation of
> scanning in the future.
>  >>
>
> Please, can you advise how to do this?....I rent microfilm from Heritage
> Quest and would like to be able to avoid sending for hard copies from the
> proper agencies, which may or may not arrive, and if they do, may take
> forever.
>
> Thank you for any help.
>
> Eileen
>

**************************************************************************
Wayne L. Miller                         Special Collections Librarian
Feinberg Library                        2 Draper Avenue
518-564-5206                            Plattsburgh, NY 12901
[log in to unmask]      or             [log in to unmask]
        "I wonder what will happen today!"  -Maggie Muggins-
"Not even God can change history...which is why he tolerates historians."
                                        -Voltaire
**************************************************************************