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To help Repositories prepare physical collections for the digitization process, Preservation Services and Imaging Services Materials Prep offer the following services:

Inspection, identification, testing, and repair of motion picture film

Assessment, format identification, administrative and structural metadata for audio and video recordings

Stabilization for handling during digitization, revealing obscured content, other repair and rehousing of non-time-based formats such as books, manuscripts, and photographs

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