Message-Id: <200011132138.OAA23478@dns.ccit.arizona.edu> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 22:37:23 +0100 From: Emil Levine <mailto:emil.levine@CHELLO.AT> Subject: Scrapping microfilm lab - simple solution To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
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Dear Yaakov,
Compelling reason is actually simple. Image and make microfilm/fiche from
the electronic images. It is cheaper to image, cost of microfilm conversion
(COM) is cheaper than photographic process, no more costly maintenance of
camera, etc. no chemicals, film, etc. You end up with archival (100 years+)
on film and electronic images. You can probably do this at 300 dpi but read
Anne Kenney's research on this (Cornell). We did this at the UN and cut cost
almost half and had both microfiche and electronic images.
Let me know if this is helpful.
emil levine
Vienna
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From: Yaakov Rosenes <mailto:yaakovr@YAHOO.COM>
To: <mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 9:47 PM
Subject: Scrapping microfilm lab ??
> Dear List members - I am resending this query which
> didn't seem to make the list last month
>
> I'd like to ask you advice and comments about
> scrapping our microfilm Lab has which
> served us faithfully since 1988 for preserving rare
> bound Hebrew books.
>
> Our reasons are as follows:
> 1. We have found very little public or private
> foundation concern about book
> acidication which was our original "raison d'etre".
> And certainly no interest in
> preservation on microforms
> 2. The demand for microfilm and fiche as distrubution
> media are shrinking every year.
> 3. Scanning directly from the source document would
> seem to produce higher quality images
> than filming and then scanning.
> 4. The equipment although cheap to aquire and operate
> is becoming more and more difficult
> to maintain and repair.
> 5. Although optical and magnetic media are short
> lived is it really such a problem to
> migrate a bit-map or simple tiff file to the next
> media ? If the archival material is
> actively in use can't this be part of the normal year
> to year process of updating your
> software and hardware and website?
>
> A large part of our lab will go directly into the
> local dumpster and the camera will be
> sold for a third its value but that's better than
> nothing...If anyone has any compelling
> reasons why not please let me know !
>
> Yaakov Rosenes
>
>
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