The Microfiche/Microfilm room…

into-the-weeds:

nelliendm:

conservethis:

librarymoments:

(No one ever uses it)

I just repaired some microfiche the other day that had been crunched somehow, like someone sat on it. Every time I have to deal with microfilm and microfiche I’m like: 

I don’t know what the rest of y’all learned in library school, but at mine (from 2006-2009) it was basically, “Microfilm exists and we used to microfilm things a lot as a preservation measure so you may encounter it BUT OH HEY DIGITIZATION NOW THAT’S SEXY LET’S TALK ABOUT THAT A LOT INSTEAD”. 

However I don’t hate on microfilm so much because at least you can still access the information with just your eyeballs and a magnifying implement. 

I actually worked with microfilm/fiche in a pre-library school job. The knowledge has come in handy post library school.

I fucking LOVED microfiche in high school oh my god.