As the exclusive distributor for the regions of Europe, Middle East and Africa, The Microfilm Shop division of Genus receives "Best Performance in Microfilm Sales" Award from Fujifilm Europe GmbH as the sales of Fujifilm microfilm products for EMEA completely…
Paul Negus, MD of the Genus Group, made a presentation to the National Preservation Office's "Second Life for Collections" conference that was held at the British Library, Euston Road on Monday 29th October 2007. His presentation discussed the new ways…
They thus achieve document management perfection - instant digital access with the security of knowing that all that information will remain on microfilm for when the next digital storage medium becomes available or this current medium stops being available for…
A 2008 brochure put together by the State Archives of Illinois, Wisconsin, Idaho, Wyoming, Washington, Colorado, Nebraska, Alaska, South Dakota, Oklahoma and Kentucky explaining why they still think that microfilm is the answer for long term information preservation. Download PDF
A report from Jonas Palm, Head of the Preservation Department, National Archives of Sweden, on the cost exercise they ran to compare the long term costs of digital media against paper and microfilm storage. Strangely microfilm came out cheaper and…
By ANICK JESDANUN Associated Press NEW YORK -- You may have recently discovered priceless photographs of your childhood, yellowing but still tangible. Your grandkids probably won't fare as well with your digital photos. The computer files may survive but the…
People thinking of buying a DVD recorder this Christmas are being urged to take care over which one they choose. High Street sales of DVDs are booming Experts are warning that what may seem like a dream Christmas gift may…
The pace of technology is such that what was deemed cutting edge 15 years ago is generally considered obsolete today. Works like the Gutenberg Bible can still be read Digital technology could result in the loss of priceless historical records,…
A rich digital archive of British life in the 1980s has been brought back to life by researchers from the UK and the US. BBC Micro was a popular computer in the 1980s They have developed a way to access…
New report on use of paper in business shows paper use set to increase A combination of human psychology, entrenched business practices and new labour saving technologies is preventing the desire for the paperless office from becoming a reality according…