[Original posting on this topic appeared on April 8, 2000 and is reproduced
below; the responses follow it.]
From: "Linda Benedict" <LBENEDIC_at_mail.keuka.edu>
Can anyone tell be what they are doing with withdrawn 16mm film?
Are there environmental issues involved with just tossing them?
We also have a large colletection of vinyl records (and no record
player). What are you all doing with such obsolete formats?
--LCB
Linda Clark Benedict
Reference/Electronic Access Librarian
Lightner Library
Keuka College
Keuka Park, NY 14478
315-536-5265
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(1) From: Patrick Johnson <johnsopa_at_martin.luther.edu>
LPs are still in very active circulation in our collection. We
maintain a closed stacks within the library use only policy. Our music
students in particular request LPs.
As far as I know we don't maintain a 16mm collection.
Good luck,
Patrick Johnson
Patrick Johnson +
Visiting Reference Librarian +
Preus Library, Luther College +
700 College Drive +
Decorah, Iowa 52101 +
johnsopa_at_martin.luther.edu +
phone/fax (319) 387-1227/1657 +
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(2) From: Lloyd Davidson <ldavids_at_nwu.edu>
Some vinyl records are collector's items. If they are in good physical
shape, you might want to have some local used record store owners inspect
the collection for worthwhile items and try selling the rest at an open
sale. If you can construct an index from your local catalog, you could
even list this on the Internet for others to see and even bid for. Vinyl
records are not yet entirely obsolete (some of us still even have recently
updated record players) and can sell fairly briskly when they have
interesting or unusual content.
The same may be true of at least some 16mm films. There are collectors for
almost anything, e.g.
http://www.bright.net/~sschuler/film/index.html. Otherwise, the silver on
the films might be worth recovering, if a significant amount of film is
being disposed of. Try to find a metal recycling company that might be
interested. It's better than simply disposing of it in a land fill. The
film is not particularly toxic, but it is worth recycling if economically
feasible.
Lloyd
Received on Thu Apr 13 2000 - 14:09:21 EDT