Transferring Vinyl Records to Digital. any tips?

Gonna start doing my part for music preservation. What vinyl I still have I am re-recording in digital and will put the CD in with the records. I found a BUNCH of records from my youth cleaning in the basement that I am sure never made the transition. Some very dear friends gave me a turntable that doesn’t need a rubber band to make it go. I don’t have a big ol’ stereo any more, but I have a 4 channel mixer I used to produce a low power radio talk show many years ago. I am experimenting and recording some old albums to my computer, like the old Walt Disney albums. Sword in the Stone et all they made before VCR’s with books kids could look at while the record played. I’ll make cd’s and put them in the album covers. Then a good number of big band and classical records Dad had. Did or do they make a turntable for 78 rpm that doesn’t need a rubber band? Or is this a colossal waste of time?