Why Choose Microfilm or Digital Imaging?
Micrographics and digital imaging can be important parts of a systematic, cost effective approach to preserving public records and making them available for business or research use. Microfilm has been a technology of choice for decades, and several nationally recognized groups have issued widely accepted standards relating to original film stock, developing and processing techniques, storage, duplication, and use. Microfilm has some striking advantages and benefits: • Up to a 98% reduction, in comparison with paper, in the space needed to store records; • File integrity by fixing document or data sequence and by preventing misfiles and alterations • Increased availability of information through efficient and economical reproduction and distribution • Quick retrieval of information within voluminous files; • Decreased need for offsite storage of voluminous paper files; • Ability to be combined with electronic recording, storage and transmission systems, such as optical disk and telefac
