There are three microfilm machines at the Center for Lowell History.
•The Canon Microfilm Reader 400 is connected to a printer and can produce 8 1/2" x 11" copies on office paper.
•The Canon Microfilm Reader 100 is not connected to a printer and so is read only.
•The ScanPro 2200 Reader/Scanner (see below).
These machines are open to the public 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday through Friday and on the 3rd Saturday of the Month from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
The Pollard Library has microfilm machines available Mon - Thurs 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM and Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
In May of 2019 UMass Lowell Libraries purchased the ViewScan 4.7 microfilm scanner for use at the Center for Lowell History. Users can digitally capture and adjust key elements of microfilm and save the images in multiple formats. This improves both image quality for human and Optical Character Recognition readability. Below are the instruction manuals for the ViewScan 4.7; first the quick start guide, then the full user manual.
Canon Microfilm Scanner 100
Canon Microfilm Scanner 400 (not connected to a printer)
Highlights held in the microfilm collection at CLH-
• Citizen
January 1862-December 1864
July 1863-June 1889
January 1890-June 1890
January 1891-December 1894
merged with: Daily Courier, forming: Courier-Citizen
July 1893-February 1900
January 1901-February 1906
• Courier
January 1862-December 1864
July 1863-June 1889
January 1890-June 1890
January 1891-December 1894
• Courier-Citizen
March 1906-May 1941
• Irish Times, 1916
• L'Etoile
(weekly), September 1886-April 1899
(daily), March 1893-August 1957
• Lowell Sun
August 1881-May 2001
January-May 2002
September 2002 December 2002
August 2004
September 2004-2007
Non-Newspaper Holdings-
• The Log Journal of Captain Cook's Voyage
