Services and Fees

The News & Microforms Library faculty and staff provide reference assistance for all collections housed in the News & Microforms Library as well as assistance with all of the different types of equipment available to view, print, and scan micro-formats:

Reader/Printers

• for use with:
  • microfilm
  • microfiche
• Step-by step guide to Using the Canon Microfilm Scanner 800
• allow researchers to make 8.5x11 paper copies. Fees:
• $0.20 with change
• $0.16 with LionCash

Reader/Scanners

• for use with
  • microfilm
  • microfiche
  • super-fiche
  • micro-opaques
• Guide for Scanning Microfilm or Microfiche
• allow researchers with a Penn State Access Account (information for researchers without a Penn State Access Account) to scan microformat materials and save the images in a variety of ways:
• ftp to PASS space via the Penn State Portal
• attachment to email
• floppy disk
• zip disk
• CD-ROM

Information for Researchers who do not have a Penn State Access Account

Please check the current library hours and the directions to the library before visiting.

Researchers who do not have a Penn State Access Account are welcome to visit the News & Microforms Library and use our collections and the microfilm and microfiche readers and reader/printers.

One microfilm reader/printer and one microfiche reader/printer are capable of taking change to make print copies (a change machine is located just outside the News & Microforms Library). Researchers may obtain a LionCash Card to take advantage of cost savings when making numerous prints. A LionCash vending machine is located outside the News & Microforms Library.

Researchers who would like to use any of the scanning equipment available in the News & Microforms Library will need to request a Short Term Access Account at the Reference Desk.

Short Term Access Account (STAA):

• good for three days
• a current, valid photo ID is required
• allows access to library computers