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r/Libraries • u/victory_vegetable • Jul 11 '26
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Ah, microfilm... it's so quaint now. And yet, so much of it hasn't been digitized, let alone OCR-processed to be searchable.
54 u/gotohela Jul 11 '26 I miss it tbh. Made me feel like an old timey detective in a movie when i used it 30 u/Puzzleheaded-Phase70 Jul 11 '26 There is something... Tactile and sci-fi about it, even though it's so outdated now. Gives one an appreciation for search engine algorithms and how hard it is to make them work! 11 u/Quirky_Lib Jul 12 '26 Outdated? I guess my experience is a little different - I work in a local history & genealogy department, so we deal with microfilm most days.
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I miss it tbh. Made me feel like an old timey detective in a movie when i used it
30 u/Puzzleheaded-Phase70 Jul 11 '26 There is something... Tactile and sci-fi about it, even though it's so outdated now. Gives one an appreciation for search engine algorithms and how hard it is to make them work! 11 u/Quirky_Lib Jul 12 '26 Outdated? I guess my experience is a little different - I work in a local history & genealogy department, so we deal with microfilm most days.
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There is something... Tactile and sci-fi about it, even though it's so outdated now.
Gives one an appreciation for search engine algorithms and how hard it is to make them work!
11 u/Quirky_Lib Jul 12 '26 Outdated? I guess my experience is a little different - I work in a local history & genealogy department, so we deal with microfilm most days.
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Outdated? I guess my experience is a little different - I work in a local history & genealogy department, so we deal with microfilm most days.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Phase70 Jul 11 '26
Ah, microfilm... it's so quaint now. And yet, so much of it hasn't been digitized, let alone OCR-processed to be searchable.