[Ohiodig] [EXTERNAL] microfilm question

Mon Mar 9 09:45:57 EDT 2026

A year ago we had some discussion of newspaper digitization in our March '25 OhioDIG meeting. It wasn't recorded but you might reach out to these folks.

>From our meetings page at https://ohiodig.org/meetings

March 10, 2025    |  Virtual |   "Newspaper Digitization Projects and Platforms"
Description: Join us as we explore the process of digitizing newspapers collections and look at a variety of platforms used to host those digitized collections. Our four presentations will cover digitizing from microfilm and print, copyright considerations, other practical lessons learned, and working with the CONTENTdm, Veridian, Newspapers.com & Internet Archive platforms. Not recorded.
- CONTENTdm / Ohio Memory. Lauren Kennedy, Ohio History Connection. Kennedy will cover the Ohio Digital Newspaper Program available on Ohio Memory, detailing the various options, workflows, and associated costs. Additionally, she will highlight how OHC is happy to offer liaison services for newspaper projects in their initial phases.
- Internet Archive. Elizabeth MacLeod, Senior Manager of Satellite Digitization Services at Internet Archive will discuss digitization projects with various libraries and organizations, and how organizations and patrons can make the most of digitized collections on archive.org<http://archive.org/>. (Notes (PDF))<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BVN3YYLXvCGPySen7lUDA6sWjz7kI3uY/view?usp=drive_link>
- Newspapers.com. Mandi Goodsett, performing arts & humanities librarian, OER & copyright advisor; Marsha Miles, assistant director for Collections & Resource Management; Beth Piwkowski, Special Collections and Course Reserves specialist from Cleveland State University will discuss the copyright process and working with Newspapers.com to get the Cleveland Press microfilm digitized for eventual inclusion in EngagedScholarship at CSU (bepress Digital Commons) and an internal project to digitize community newspapers for inclusion in Cleveland Memory (CONTENTdm). (Slides (PDF))<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1augIZXM19utJKsDUZ8NMEzGTdrNOubHy/view?usp=drive_link>
- Veridian. Helen Conger, university archivist & William Claspy, team leader for University Archives and Special Collections from Case Western Reserve University Archives will discuss beginnings of the CWRU student newspaper digitization project, use of Veridian platform and working with Veridian.

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Subject: Re: [Ohiodig] [EXTERNAL] microfilm question

While we are on the topic of microfilm, does anyone have any vendor recommendations for digitizing entire rolls?

Thanks,
Jennifer

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The Jacob Rader Marcus Center
of the American Jewish Archives,
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
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Cincinnati, OH 45220
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Subject: Re: [Ohiodig] [EXTERNAL] microfilm question

Hi Marsha,

Is this is a digital microfilm reader that the patron could extract image captures from? If so I think they could try an AI transcription tool like Transkribus<https://www.transkribus.org/>?

If it's a digital microfilm reader, they could also try adjusting some of the brightness/contrast settings directly in the software. I've found that useful on occasion when I'm in a similar situation.

Hope that's (kind of) helpful...?

Nick

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Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Ohiodig] microfilm question

Hello all,

A patron has asked the following, and I don't work with microfilm much.

Looking at old papers from the 1840s on microfilm and some of the print is not legible - is there any kind of program that can view a document and kind of fill in the letters like what's most probable letter; that could interpret what the print would actually say if I actually had the original print?

Any software that can fill in missing letters in microfilm?

Thanks!
Marsha

Marsha Miles, MLIS

Assistant Director for Collections & Resource Management

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Michael Schwartz Library, RT 324C

Cleveland State University

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