At 09:49 AM 4/9/2006, Russell D. James wrote: >This is scary! If microfilm is still the preferred and accepted >standard for document preservation in the archives world, and >microfilm reader/printer manufacturers are discontinuing the >production of the machines, then how long will we archivists wait to >update or change our preservation standard to some other format? We >had better do it soon. This is my first post to this list. There is a parallel to audio: Most manufacturers stopped making reel-to-reel recorders before the archives world stopped suggesting that 1/4-inch tape was the preservation "gold standard." It's good that we can keep older machines running as the new ones that are being made are not on a par with the last great machines. Cheers, Richard Tape Restoration Seminar: MAY 9-12, 2006; details at Web site. Richard L. Hess email: [log in to unmask] Aurora, Ontario, Canada (905) 713 6733 1-877-TAPE-FIX Detailed contact information: http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>