Please: Don't. As a professional archivist whose business involves digitizing and preserving films, that's my simple one word of advice.
Film, if stored properly, will outlast all other forms of media. And as an analog material, it is impervious to technological obsolescence. You don't need a computer to view them, just a projector -- or a lamp or the sun, worst comes to worst.' We deal constantly with clients who converted their film years ago to VHS – and threw the films out. Now, they are really sorry they did. If you seriously no longer are interested in them, consider donating them to another collector or even a business that specializes in film storage like preservingtheopast.com. Best, Rob Hoffman Priceless Photo Preservation 122 S. Main Street, Suite 110C Ann Arbor, MI 48104 734-219-3916 http://PricelessPhotoPreservation.com<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2FPricelessPhotoPreservation.com&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNE814yM9p1kbK64SFQ2CMI9UKcmJQ> http://www.facebook.com/PricelessPhotoPreservation<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FPricelessPhotoPreservation&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFJNkUbYQ2ZkxVyfNw7uHP4JPYpSA> Blog: http://pricelessphotopreservation.wordpress.com<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fpricelessphotopreservation.wordpress.com&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFX4sg0AQnzBWynSAFHeJCbA-Nzzg> Twitter: TriplePTeam On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Junior Tidal <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi all, > > Are there any special considerations to make when discarding reel to reel > films? We are weeding several old films, but I am unsure of how to properly > dispose of them. > > Best, > > Junior Tidal > Assistant Professor > Web Services and Multimedia Librarian > New York City College of Technology, CUNY > 300 Jay Street, Rm A434 > Brooklyn, NY 11201 > 718.260.5481 > > http://library.citytech.cuny.edu > > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as > an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. >
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
