Microfilm Conversion: Digitized Archives

2007-03-08 10:33:40

( Computers )



THE MODERN MICROFILM

For a long time, the microfilm was the preferred method for archiving old documents. The microfilm was extensively used by libraries and museums to file and store newspapers, magazines, journals, and other documents.

Because paper documents degrade over time and can become very fragile, microfilms and microfiche provide researchers and historians a means to study historical papers without the need to handle the real artifact.

Modern scanning equipment is replacing reliable microfilm as an archiving tool. Because scanners can capture a digital image of any document or artifact, the files can be stored as high quality, digital images that can be kept indefinitely and requiring very little storage space.

Even microfilm is being scanned to be stored as digital files. Microfilm scanning and microfiche scanning captures the stored documents and stores them as digital files for back up.

ADVANTAGES OF DIGITIZED MICROFILMS

Microfilm conversion or microfilm digitizing has many advantages. Microfilm conversion produces an image that is often clearer and more vivid than the microfilm image in. Moreover, a digital file is so much easier to retrieve than microfilms. Digital files are stored in a computer data base, which can be pulled up anytime. There is no need for manual activity; once your documents have been digitized, retrieval is just a matter of typing in a few key words that pertains to the data you are looking for.

Microfilm conversion services can be found in companies offering scanning services. When availing of a microfilm conversion, you can choose what type of file the image will be stored as. You can have them saved as .jpeg, .bmp, .tiff, .gif, .PDF, or any other image file that you like. If you have a photo editing software, you can convert the image files into any of the ones afore mentioned.

Microfilm conversion is one bright idea whose time has come.


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