Let's take a walk down memory lane! This summer Zion finished its VHS digitization project, with the goal of converting old VHS tapes into digital media for future generations to enjoy! Though the age of VHS tapes may not seem too long ago, it's important to preserve every part of history within NPS. Some of these tapes can be watched on NP Gallery and on the National Park Service Multimedia Search website, where audio descriptions can be found as well. What are your memories of Zion from back i

The Wildcats Memory Lab is making it easier to preserve the past! This University Libraries space offers free tools to digitize VHS tapes, photos, and more—giving students hands-on experience while helping the community protect their memories for future generations. https://bit.ly/4hmzMT7 | The University of Arizona

Kayla Jackson, Head Archivist at Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, has been utilizing the Innovation Lab for personal and professional projects since moving to the Twin Cities several years ago. Most recently, she’s been using the Innovation Lab to assist with her professional archival work for the Hallie Q. Brown Community Archive to digitize VHS tapes of Rondo Days Parades of years past. Unlike other digitization services in the Twin Cities, the Innovation Lab provides the space and equipment

Most kids today have never even seen one of these — the iconic VHS tape. But for those of us who grew up before streaming, before DVDs, even before DVRs, these chunky plastic rectangles were our gateway to entertainment. VHS stands for Video Home System, and it was exactly that. Each tape stored analog video and audio on magnetic tape, neatly wound inside its plastic shell. To watch something, you’d slide the tape into a VCR — a video cassette recorder — which would spin a drum head to read the