OHS improves digital output with purchase of new scanner

The Oklahoma Historical Society Research Division recently purchased a new microfilm conversion scanner that will work twice as fast as the old scanner and allow more items to be digitized in a shorter amount of time.

The scanner’s primary use is to digitize the OHS microfilm collection, particularly the newspapers, including the Newcastle Pacer. The scanner will create digital files of each newspaper page.

The digital files are eventually added to The Gateway to Oklahoma History, a free online repository of Oklahoma history brought to you by the OHS Research Division in partnership with the University of North Texas. All items found on The Gateway are word searchable and free to download or share.