Weeding the conservation lab’s own research library, and these VHS tapes are getting scrutinized (by me) for their usefulness to future lab inhabitants. So far I’ve been able to find a DVD version available of “Into the Future”, which is also a great example of the 90′s era of internet optimism. As for the others, I think we probably have more up-to-date information about those topics (microfilm, and disaster recovery) in more accessible formats. I’d love to find a digitized copy of the “Tour of the Library of Congress”, if only because it’s older than my sister: it was made in 1986. I’m sure a LOT has changed at the LoC since then!
And yes, for the curious, we do have a VHS deck and TV to check the quality of tapes sent to the lab for repair (usually for splicing, since we can’t really do much more than that kind of repair), but that sort of work has really phased out as our library switched over to DVD and streaming video as preferred formats.