subject: High Quality Microfilm Services [print this page] Are you considering acquiring the microfilm services of a document management company? Are you looking for to microfilm scanning and storage services your critical records for long-term preservation? Then this article is for you this article will discuss the microfilm services of a document management company as well as provide information about how these microfilm services can benefit you or your business.
Why Microfilm Services? Information is the basis of our society. Whether this information starts out on paper or as digital data, it's ultimately too fragile to store long term in those formats.
Software upgrades and hardware changes cause new technologies to obsolete themselves, often in only a matter of years. Think about it. What if you back up information onto magnetic tape or floppy disks? Are you confident that it will still be readable 25 years from now? What if it was saved in a software format that no longer exists? How will you access that file?
For business-critical information, the kind that needs to be kept for legal or archival purposes, there is a low-cost and extremely effective storage alternative, microfilm.
Microfilm has a 500-year life expectancy... that is as long as it was properly processed and stored. It starts with the processing, continues through the wash phase and ends with the temperature and humidity of the storage conditions. The longevity of your microfilm is dependent on several factors and although a document management cannot turn back time, they can help identify signs of deterioration on the film and recommend the appropriate corrective actions.
How Do I Know If I Should Have My Microfilm Inspected?
If your microfilm collection has been exposed to any of the following conditions, or if you have noticed any of these issues you may want to consider the microfilm services offered by a microfilm services specialists at a document management company:
- Humidity Levels Above/Below 20-40% In The Storage Room
- Storage Room Temperatures Above 21oC
- Processor Wash Times Of Less Than 30 Seconds
- Brittle/Breaking Film
- Red/Yellow/Orange Color Spots
- Film Sticking Together
- Vinegar Smell Or Other Unusual Odors
- Discoloration Or Fading
- Mold/Fungus Growth
Choose a microfilm services specialist with experience in the microfilm service industry and a large number of microfilm images inspected for deterioration; you can trust the experts at a reputable document management company with your microfilm inspection project.
Microfilm services from a reputable document management company allow you to process your microfilm from paper originals or digital images, microfilm duplication, silver, diazo or vesicular duplications available, protect your microfilm from oxidization, guaranteed, long lasting results and adhere to legal retention periods.
For total protection, find a microfilm services specialist that has a micrographics laboratory that is set up to brown tone microfilm for protection against REDOX which is rusting oxidization that can damage your old microfilm if it is not protected.
