Digital Microfilm
by Paul Negus, Managing Director, The Microfilm Shop Until a few years ago there had been a raging debate about the future of microfilm - Was it dead? How many months will it take until it dies? Is it still…
Losing touch with the past
This week space scientists and astronomers have been celebrating the 25th anniversary of the launch of two spacecraft - Voyager 2 on 20 August, and its twin, Voyager 1, 16 days later. Friday, 23 August, 2002, 07:47 GMT 08:47 UK…
What Now Henry V?
What Now Henry V? by Paul Negus, Managing Director, The Microfilm Shop In my last article, "Agincourt Revisited", I set out the reasons why we could all allow ourselves a little celebration. Well, we have done that (I hope you…
Agincourt Revisited
"We've been beaten by a handful of guys with flying pointy sticks?" It wouldn't surprise me if that was the thought going through every French mind in 1415 - "… and they were bloody English!" Imagine the embarrassment. You have…
Why Microfilm
USNP requirement The U.S. Newspaper Project specifies microfilm as the preservation medium. Microfilm is stable Microfilm is an established technology. International technical standards for microfilm production are set and function well. Microfilm is a relatively "low-tech" product--all you really need…
Microfilm in The Modern Office – Case Study
Case Study Advice about how to deal with the auditing aspects of e-commerce is all very well, but in the real world, some people have a different attitude towards record keeping. Take for example, 101 Records which has created a…
An Introduction To Microfilm
As business flourishes more paperwork needs to be kept, thus becoming increasingly space and time consuming to file, retrieve and refile. Alternatives to storing paper are very often not considered because tradition dictates that information should be recorded on sheets…
Microfilm in The Modern Office
MICROFILM IN THE MODERN OFFICE? - SURELY YOU MUST BE JOKING? Q. As a modern organisation looking to embrace the latest digital technologies for the management of our documents why should we consider microfilm as a storage medium? Surely microfilm…
E-Timecapsule to make history at Stonehenge
Stonehenge near Salisbury, Wiltshire, is to be the site of a unique E-Timecapsule, which will allow people from across the world to leave their mark in history. Making use of the Internet and innovative microfilm archiving technology, the E-Timecapsule allows…
‘Rock & Roll’ and ‘Public Library’ shouldn’t mix, one phrase is brash, loud the other sedate and quiet.
Yet these two cultures are about to collide. For the first time since the 1850 Library Act that much loved British institution the public library is about gain a loud, revolutionary 21st Century companion. The Rock & Roll Public Library…