University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Photographic Services.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries' Photographic Services unit existed from the early 1950s through 2006 and specialized in photographic processes (copy negatives and photographic prints), microfilm and microfilm duplication, still photography, positive microfilm printing, and other services for the University Library and other North Carolina libraries.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library's Photographic Services unit existed from the early 1950s through 2006 and specialized in photographic processes (copy negatives and photo prints), microfilm and microfilm duplication, still photography, positive microfilm printing, and other services for the University Library and other North Carolina libraries.

The Library's photoduplication program began in 1938, when a microfilm camera was purchased for filming legislative journals in the Documents Dept. The volume of filming increased rapidly, and more equipment was purchased. By 1952 the Photoduplication Service was established as a separate unit in the Library; its name soon changed to Photographic Services. In 1982 Photographic Services was reorganized and placed under the direction of the North Carolina Collection.

The Library's photoduplication service originated in January 1938, when a photorecord portable microfilm camera was acquired. The camera, set up in a small closet, was used to copy legislative journals. The Librarian's annual report for 1938-1939 noted the creation of a Microphotography Division under the supervision of the Documents Department. By 1945, the workload of the microfilming operation had increased to the point that a separate Photographic Trust Fund was established. In June 1952, Samuel M. Boone was appointed head of a separate Photoduplication Service; its name soon changed to Photographic Services.

Under Mr. Boone's leadership, Photographic Services gradually expanded its capabilities. Eventually, in addition to negative microfilm production, it performed still photography, positive microfilm printing, xerographic copying, and copyflo duplication for the University Library and other North Carolina libraries. In 1982 Photographic Services was reorganized and placed under the supervision of the North Carolina Collection. Jerry W. Cotten, the Collection's Photographic Archivist, then became head of it.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library's Photoduplication Service was founded in the early 1950s with the primary objective of making the holdings of the University Library more readily available to scholars and researchers. The unit's name soon changed to Photographic Services, which specialized in photographic processes (copy negatives and photo prints), microfilm and microfilm duplication, and a relatively new technical process called xerography. Eventually, in addition to negative microfilm production, it performed still photography, positive microfilm printing, and other services for the University Library and other North Carolina libraries.

In 1982, Photographic Services was reorganized and placed under the supervision of the North Carolina Collection, with Jerry W. Cotten (then the Collection's Photographic Archivist) at its head. Through the 1970s and 1980s, one of the primary services of the unit was the duplication and printing of duplicate library catalog cards. Near the end of the 1990s, with the increase in digital technology and an industry trend that was moving away from conventional analog processes, the unit upgraded its name to Imaging and Photographic Services. By 2006, the Library phased out all of its previous analog photoduplication methods (including conventional photographic processes) and created the Digital Production Center, a subunit of the Carolina Digital Library and Archives.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries' Photoduplication Service was founded in the early 1950s with the primary objective of make the holdings of the University Library more readily available to scholars and researchers. The unit's name soon changed to Photographic Services, and specialized in photographic processes (copy negatives and photographic prints), microfilm and microfilm duplication, and a relatively new technical process called xerography. Eventually, in addition to negative microfilm production, it performed still photography, positive microfilm printing, and other services for the University Library and other North Carolina libraries.

In 1982, Photographic Services was reorganized and placed under the supervision of the North Carolina Collection, with Jerry W. Cotten (then the Collection's Photographic Archivist) at its head. Through the 1970s and 1980s, one of the primary services of the department was the duplication and printing of duplicate library catalog cards. Near the end of the 1990s, with the increase in digital technology and an industry trend that was moving away from conventional analog processes, Photographic Services upgraded its name to Imaging and Photographic Services. By 2006, the Library phased out all of its previous analog photoduplication methods (including conventional photographic processes) and created the Digital Production Center, a subunit of the Carolina Digital Library and Archives.