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Re: Converting microfiche to cubic feet



The usual rule of thumb is that one linear foot of 4" x 6" cards or fiche is
.2 cubic feet. 5'linear feet of fiche makes a cubic foot. See
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/recman/convert.html for example.

But if you do the math, 1 inch thickness of 6" x 4" fiche is 24 cubic
inches. If a cubic foot is 1728 cubic inches, then 72 linear inches of fiche
makes a cubic foot. So, 1" = .013 cf; 10" = .13 cf; 12" = .16". Thus, 1
linear foot of fiche equals 1/6 cubic foot. 6' of fiche equals 1 cubic foot.

Now don't ask me if the Millennium starts this year or next...

Thomas J. Wood
Archivist
Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
University of Illinois at Springfield
P.O. Box 19243
Springfield IL 62794-9243
217-206-6520 | wood@uis.edu | http://www.uis.edu/~lib-arch


-----Original Message-----
From: Jackie Cohan [mailto:jackie.cohan@CI.ALEXANDRIA.VA.US]
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2000 12:03 PM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Converting microfiche to cubic feet


Does anyone have a conversion table for converting microfiche to cubic feet,
assuming one exists?

Thanks

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