The Friends of the Delaware County District Library (FOL) secured funding from the Robert Weiler Family Fund of the Delaware County Foundation to bring these machines to DCDL and Delaware County residents.

“Many thanks to the Robert Weiler Family Fund of the Delaware County Foundation for funding the purchase of this equipment,” said FOL Fundraising Chair Suzanne Binau. “Delaware residents will enjoy using it to preserve precious family memories.”

The 8mm/Super8 film converter will allow users to bring in their own film and save it directly to an SD card, which can then be saved as a digital file in the cloud or another external storage device. The machine takes about ten minutes to convert one minute of film and will be free to use. Reservations are accepted in two-hour blocks for all audio/video conversion equipment, which is also capable of converting VHS, vinyl records and cassettes to digital formats.

The photo printer, an Epson Surelab D1070, will be available for users to print 4”x6”, 5”x7”, and 8”x10” full-color images on luster-finish paper. Use of the printer will range in price from $0.10 to $1.00, depending on the size of the photo. No outside photo paper may be used at this time. Reservations are accepted in one-hour blocks for the photo conversion station, which is also capable of converting slides, negatives, and prints into digital formats.

The Maker Studio is open Mondays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. The studios are closed for classes on Wednesdays.

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