Digitisation Studio

Do you have bundles of holiday snaps, Christmas get togethers or boxes of old family photos that you would like to have in a digital format?

Get excited, the brand-new space for Hawkesbury Library Service, with digitising equipment will be available to use from Monday 16 February at the Central Library, 300 George Street Windsor.

The Digitisation Studio will be available for Library members to book and it is absolutely free. Equipment includes a professional flatbed scanner, a multi-scanner for 6x4 prints plus a slide scanner, all aimed at improving technological and digital opportunities for all ages. We also have equipment to digitally convert videos, cassettes and DVDs. Instructions are provided and the space can be booked up to 2 hours during our opening hours with your Library card. To make an appointment phone 4560-4460. If you are not a member, it is free to join, pop in or join via our website https://www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au/library

This new space was made possible through grant funding from the NSW Government under the Public Library Infrastructure Grant program.

Media suitable for conversion

The following types of media can be digitised;

Negatives

35mm slides

VHS tapes

Photographs

Is there a cost to use the equipment?

No – the digitisation station is completely free to use. You’ll need to ensure that you have a way of storing your new digital files, either via cloud storage or a USB storage device.

What skills do I need?

You will need basic computer skills to operate the digitisation station. In the production studio you will find detailed, step-by-step instructions to help you use the equipment.

Library staff are available to help you and provide a brief initial orientation, but are not able to stay with you for the whole session.

How long does scanning take?

Scanning documents like photographs and negatives takes approximately one minute per item. VHS tapes will need to be played all the way through in real time in order to be digitised.

You must be in attendance for the whole digitisation process.

Terms and conditions for digitisation station use

It is your responsibility to ensure that you have appropriate copyright approval to digitise and reproduce your items. Visit the Australian Copyright Council for more information and fact sheets.

Use of the family history digitisation station is at your own risk. Hawkesbury City Council does not accept liability for any damage to, loss, or erasure of data from any media that you bring to digitise at the station.

Library staff have the right to end any session or delete any recording that is deemed to be inappropriate.