HANNIBAL  —  The Hannibal Free Public Library is now providing digital microfilm scanners. Purchased with a Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services grant, administered by the Missouri State Library, and local funding, this equipment can be used to read, print and scan microfilm of Hannibal newspapers from 1838 to the present day. The library has additional microfilm as well, and microfilm can be borrowed from other libraries, too. Images can be improved before they are

ELKO — For many years, Elko library patrons wanting to look up old newspaper articles have had to deal with the aging technology of microfilm reader-printers. While the format may be around for a bit longer, modern digitization is catching up even with microfilm, and Elko County researchers can take advantage of this through the library’s new ST ViewScan station. The new system — acquired with a grant from the Library Services & Technology Act,