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The E-Sylum:  Volume 4, Number 20, May 13, 2001, Article 4

MICROFILM IMPROVEMENTS 

   Dan Freidus writes: "David Lange's experience with microfiche 
   (using The Numismatist) is in some ways typical.  However, his 
   feeling about image quality is the result of having used a very low 
   quality product.  Anyone interested in seeing high quality 
   microfilm or microfiche should go to a library and use a roll of 
   microfilm made by UMI (older ones will be labeled "University 
   Microfilm" and really new ones may be labeled "Bell & Howell 
   Information and Learning"  (that just rolls off your tongue, doesn't 
   it?  Yes, the company realized they made a mistake and is about 
   to change their name yet again, to the name of their biggest 
   product,  "Proquest" which is electronic, not on film).  They 
   generally have great image quality on their film.  But it's still 
   microfilm. 

   On a side note, UMI and others are now using technology by 
   Sunrise Imaging (and others) to convert microfilm to digital files. 
   Since microfilm is more archival than electronic files, especially 
   when held by a company like UMI in atmospherically controlled 
   vaults (as opposed to libraries which are good, but not ideal), 
   this may be the best of both worlds.   The microfilm will last 
   hundreds of years and if a digital file is hard to convert to 
   something that current computers can use they can just rescan 
   from the film.  (Imagine if a digital file you needed was stored on 
   an 8" floppy, in wide use less than 20 years ago.  Even if the file 
   was still readable could you find a computer with the right drive 
   and software to use it?)" 

   [Editor's note: I hear there was a great turnout at the ANS for 
   Dan's Groves Forum talk on Contemporary References to Early 
   American Coins and Paper Money (see The E-Sylum, Volume 
   4, Number 16 (April 15, 2001)] 

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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