Booking Space in the Lab
Current Humanities students, instructors, faculty, and staff are eligible to request VRC Lab appointments to use select equipment and software to digitize their film negatives and art and architecture work for personal archiving and portfolios. Unfortunately, the VRC cannot support Lab access for alumni or others not affiliated with the University.
Please note: During Summer 2025, the VRC cannot offer appointments for students to use the Lab to digitize their film negatives or art and architecture work.
Potential Equipment for Your Project
VRC staff will evaluate your appointment request and help identify the best equipment option for your project. Please find dimensions each machine can accommodate.
- Epson Flatbed Scanners
- Scanning-based digitization for 2D works that are fairly stable (drawings that won’t transfer, without attached elements) up to 12.2 in x 17.2 inches.
- Negative Supply Film Scanner for film negatives and slides
- Hasselblad Flextight X5 for film negatives and slides
- Copy Stand
- Camera-based digitization for 2D works up to 22 x 22 inches Black velvet fabric is available for a background, and a color bar can be included in photographs for quick and accurate color-correcting in Lightroom.
- CopiBook Scanner
- Camera-based digitization for 2D and bound materials, can digitize flat materials up to 20 x 28.3 inches for flat materials, or 25 x 17.3 inches for fragile bound materials that require the book cradle
- DSLR photography
- Small to medium 3D objects (such as models or craft work) can be digitized using a DSLR camera and the Copystand or the light box/portable studio
VRC Lab Software
- Adobe Creative Cloud