They explained the digitizing process to me in detail. They are stretching out an entire film and taking a digital picture of that. So if part of the film slips, they have to start over.
It would be impossible to go back to the original documents and film them directly as they are still in their original repositories around the world. Many have been destroyed since their filming by one natural disaster, or another.
So what we will be seeing is a picture of the film for documents already on file. And probably direct digital photos of new documents coming into LDS possession.
What is odd is that they increased the price of the old films so sharply, almost doubled the borrowing charge just as they are about to make the films obsolete.
They explained the digitizing process to me in detail. They are stretching out an entire film and taking a digital picture of that. So if part of the film slips, they have to start over.
It would be impossible to go back to the original documents and film them directly as they are still in their original repositories around the world. Many have been destroyed since their filming by one natural disaster, or another.
So what we will be seeing is a picture of the film for documents already on file. And probably direct digital photos of new documents coming into LDS possession.
What is odd is that they increased the price of the old films so sharply, almost doubled the borrowing charge just as they are about to make the films obsolete.
erniealderete@charter.net wrote:
>They explained the digitizing process to me in detail. They are stretching out an entire film and taking a digital picture of that. So if part of the film slips, they have to start over.
>
>It would be impossible to go back to the original documents and film them directly as they are still in their original repositories around the world. Many have been destroyed since their filming by one natural disaster, or another.
>
>So what we will be seeing is a picture of the film for documents already on file. And probably direct digital photos of new documents coming into LDS possession.
>
>What is odd is that they increased the price of the old films so sharply, almost doubled the borrowing charge just as they are about to make the films obsolete.
>
I was talking to another volunteer at my FHC and we speculated that the
LDS library is trying to “Slow down” the rental of the films so they can
put their manpower and effort into the digitizing project. I don’t know,
just a guess. But whereas before I was freely ordering films now I
really think about it before I order. the increased definitely slowed me
down. I’m hoping that if it takes 6 years to do the whole library that
it will be in the first 3 years when they do the Colotlan and
Tlaltenango and Zacatecas and the and the and the films
joseph
erniealderete@charter.net wrote:
>They explained the digitizing process to me in detail. They are stretching out an entire film and taking a digital picture of that. So if part of the film slips, they have to start over.
>
>It would be impossible to go back to the original documents and film them directly as they are still in their original repositories around the world. Many have been destroyed since their filming by one natural disaster, or another.
>
>So what we will be seeing is a picture of the film for documents already on file. And probably direct digital photos of new documents coming into LDS possession.
>
>What is odd is that they increased the price of the old films so sharply, almost doubled the borrowing charge just as they are about to make the films obsolete.
>
I was talking to another volunteer at my FHC and we speculated that the
LDS library is trying to “Slow down” the rental of the films so they can
put their manpower and effort into the digitizing project. I don’t know,
just a guess. But whereas before I was freely ordering films now I
really think about it before I order. the increased definitely slowed me
down. I’m hoping that if it takes 6 years to do the whole library that
it will be in the first 3 years when they do the Colotlan and
Tlaltenango and Zacatecas and the and the and the films
joseph
Alicia,
I believe that the decision to close FHCs will depend on each stake’s needs to reassign the use of their spaces. In the case here in town, the ever-growing numbers of new members in the congregations in Tacoma on the other side of the Narrows Bridge caused the need to create another stake and house it in the current building on this side in this county, and creating a need for space for more meeting rooms, etc. I think that the digitizing project made it easier to make the decision to downgrade the need for an FHC here. The teardown will start on May 1, and remodeling plans have been made and equipment, etc has been ordered, etc. Those of us who have many films on permanent loan are working feverishly on our films every day that we can get a volunteer member in. We have been going in every day except Sundays. We drag in early every morning and take breaks only for lunch. With only six more days to go, we can see we won’t finish our films before they are sent back to Sal
t Lake.
It has been a tedious enough thing to have gone in three days a week for six years, but more so now that the push is on. Oh, well, it was nice while it lasted.
Emilie Garcia
Port Orchard, WA —
Alicia,
I believe that the decision to close FHCs will depend on each stake’s needs to reassign the use of their spaces. In the case here in town, the ever-growing numbers of new members in the congregations in Tacoma on the other side of the Narrows Bridge caused the need to create another stake and house it in the current building on this side in this county, and creating a need for space for more meeting rooms, etc. I think that the digitizing project made it easier to make the decision to downgrade the need for an FHC here. The teardown will start on May 1, and remodeling plans have been made and equipment, etc has been ordered, etc. Those of us who have many films on permanent loan are working feverishly on our films every day that we can get a volunteer member in. We have been going in every day except Sundays. We drag in early every morning and take breaks only for lunch. With only six more days to go, we can see we won’t finish our films before they are sent back to Sal
t Lake.
It has been a tedious enough thing to have gone in three days a week for six years, but more so now that the push is on. Oh, well, it was nice while it lasted.
Emilie Garcia
Port Orchard, WA —
