Microforms

Many IU Libraries have microfilm, microfiche, and other microform holdings. The largest collection of these is found in the Government Information, Microforms, and Statistical Services Department, located on the second floor of the Research Collections in the Herman B Wells Library.

The Education Library holds a large collection of microfiche for the ERIC Document Collection.

Printing from Microforms

Government Information, Microforms and Statistical Services

Equipment: The Canon 100, Canon 500 and ST200 machines allow printing from microfilm and microfiche. The ST200 machine allows reading and printing from other microform formats as well.

Costs: Most printers and scanners for microforms can be used with a user's print allotment. Prints can be made by library users or can be made by staff for an extra fee. The Canon 100 machines only accepts coins.

Education Library

The Education Library has all the available ERIC Documents on microfiche. The microfiche are located in the center of the library and are filed in numerical order. Copies can be printed using the microfiche reader/printer in the Education Library.

Scanning from Microforms

Government Information, Microforms and Statistical Services

Equipment: The Canon 500 and ST200 machines allow scans from microfilm and microfiche.  The ST200 machine can scan from other microform formats as well.

Costs:  Library users can scan their own documents for free. Library staff will scan documents for a small fee. Images can be saved to a CD, a thumb/flash drive or an Oncourse account. Images can be scanned in PDF, TIFF, JPEG, PNG and BMP formats. Scanned images can be sent to any public printer and printed using an IU printing allotment.