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The ‘Kodak Prostar Replenisher’ was used to mix two types of chemical compound namely ‘Kodak Developer’ and ‘Kodak Fixer’. The mixture was then transferred into the ‘Kodak Prostar II Processor’ machine to be used during the microfilm washing process.

The Microfiche Reader was used to read the content of a microfiche. It was a source of information in the form of a flat film sheet and contained text and images. The content of the microfiche film was read according to the order of the letters on the machine and the display could be expanded when needed. A total of 500 titles of microfiche are available in the UTM Library collection, covering various sources such as journals, technical reports, proceedings, and other general references.

The ‘Silver Film Duplicator’ was used to produce negative to positive microfilm copies. The microfilm negative copies served as references to users while the positive copies were stored in UTM Library special collection. The reason for this was to ensure that the master copy of each UTM thesis is preserved and traceable in UTM Library collection.

The ‘Darkroom Safelight’ is a special light used during the film editing process in the darkroom. It was also used during the transferring of films from the box into the ‘Kodak Prostar II Processor’ machine. It has a very low lighting density as the quality of the film will be affected when exposed to ordinary light.

The ‘Darkroom Timer’ is a time control tool used in the darkroom. The time control process was carried out during the process of soaking the microfilms manually in the chemical mixture. This tool was needed to control the period of soaking in accordance with the procedure so as not to affect the quality of the microfilm.