Microfilm Scanning Services: Why Convert Your Microfilm to Digital Files

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Microfilm Scanning Services

• Why Convert Your Microfilm to Digital Files?

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Microfilm Scanning Services

• Companies turn to microfilm scanning services
  for a variety of reasons.
• Managing digital files is often easier.
• Once in digital format, the information within
  the microfilm can be integrated within the
  companys document management system.

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Microfilm Scanning Services

• Deterioration of the Microfilm Media
• It is a physical medium and can deteriorate over
  time.
• To maintain it to close its original state,
  temperature must be maintained and the microfilm
  must be stored in a controlled environment.
• The media could degrade to a point that viewing
  the images becomes difficult, if not impossible.

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Microfilm Scanning Services

• Difficult Access
• Microfilm comes in rolls. To access it, you need
  to load it into a special microfilm reader.
• Searching for a particular piece of information
  is not a function you can perform automatically.
  Manual searching in microfilm takes time lots
  of it.
• Converting to a digital format allows for quick
  access which translates to cost savings.

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Microfilm Scanning Services

• Limited Hardware Support
• The number of microfilm readers available is
  limited.
• You need to compare the cost of purchasing a
  microfilm reader to digital conversion.
• The move to digital conversion makes better sense.

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Microfilm Scanning Services

• Costs for Microfilm Scanning Services
• Many things affect the cost of microfilm
  scanning
• The size of the film.
• Record indexing.
• Document resolution.
• The number of images on a roll

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Microfilm Scanning Services

• Microfilm scanning services can make a huge
  difference in how a copy accesses and uses
  information
• Information can be used by any member of the
  organization.
• Topics or files can be searched and retrieved in
  seconds.
• With proper back up, information stored digitally
  will be protected against loss and physical
  deterioration.

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About the Author

• Kevin D'Arcy is VP of Sales and Marketing for MES
  Hybrid Document Systems, Ontario's leading
  document scanning and document management
  supplier. For more information about Document
  Management in Ontario, visit http//www.mesltd.ca/
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