[ILL-L] Readex Microprint Cards

[Cayer, John]

FAU owns a reader & printer. We'd offer to print your doc if you sent
the card to us. Don't know how much that works for you or your timeframe
but the offer is there.

Regards,

John A Cayer
InterLibrary Services
DiMenna-Nyselius Library
Fairfield University (FAU)
1073 N Benson Rd
Fairfield, CT 06824

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From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Hunt, Kelley
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 9:53 AM
To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
Subject: Re: [ILL-L] Readex Microprint Cards

Thanks for the info. The patron paid money to borrow the card already so
I am hoping he will not have to pay more to get a couple of copies.
We'll see what charitable soul will come to his aid!

Kelley

 

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From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Robinson, Arthur
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 8:48 AM
To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
Subject: Re: [ILL-L] Readex Microprint Cards

 

I remember that some years ago, someone on this listserv mentioned that
they were one of (apparently) only twelve libraries in the country that
had a machine to print from the Readex microopaque cards.  Does anyone
remember who sent that?  (I don't.)

 

Back in the early 1980s, you could send a microprint card to Readex and
they would print it for you at a charge.  I don't know whether they
still do that (Readex is still very much in business, but nowadays their
materials are Web-based).

 

I remember from my graduate school days both the excitement of finding
the wonderful stuff on those microprint cards, and the frustration of
having to transcribe by hand because we couldn't print from them.
(That's how I know Readex would print from them; I wrote them and they
said they'd supply printouts if I sent them the card; but of course the
library wouldn't let me check out the cards to send to Readex.)

 

Are you anywhere near Metropolis?  I hear there's a mild-mannered
reporter atthe Daily Planet who can read the microopaque cards without a
machine.

 

Good luck,

 

Arthur Robinson (GLG)

 

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From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of Hunt, Kelley
Sent: Fri 12/4/2009 9:26 AM
To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
Subject: [ILL-L] Readex Microprint Cards

Hi-

 

A library recently loaned us a Readex Microprint card. We have no way to
print from this opaque card and neither does the lending library. Is
there any library on the Trans-Amigos Express (preferably in the Houston
area) that has a Readex Microprint reader/printer that would be willing
to print two pages for us?

 

Thanks

Kelley Hunt

ILL Dept.

Montgomery County Memorial Library (QS2)

 

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