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Regardless, if these are considered "permenant" value records, then you need
to look into getting them transfered to silver halide film.

Ginny Jones
(Virginia A. Jones, CRM)
Newport News Waterworks
Newport News, VA
vjones@ci.newport-news.va.us

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Archives & Archivists [mailto:ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU]On
> Behalf Of Bernadette A. Boucher
> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 3:12 PM
> To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> Subject: help--- preservation of microFICHE
>
>
> Hello folks---
>
> A newbie archivist asks another question:  we have
> just gotten a donation of approx. 30 linear feet of
> microfiche.  The fiche date from the 1980s and '90s
> and are housed in small black containers made by
> Rubbermaid Commercial Products.  Most of the fiche are
> not individually sleeved (usually bunches of 20-50
> fiche are stuffed into a sleeve, and the sleeves are
> splitting)--- and some of the sleeves are acidic. I
> don't anticipate that they will be used much, but I
> want to ensure that I'm storing them correctly. I'm
> not sure of the best way to do this.  I'm not even
> sure what kind of materials the fiche are made of---
> they are blue background with white text, glossy on
> both sides.
>
> I've searched through Library Literature, and I've
> found a number of articles about microFILM, but not
> about microFICHE.  I looked at NEDCC's technical
> leaflet on microfilm and fiche, and it will be
> helpful---once I know what materials this microfiche
> consist of!  :)
>
> My guess is that I'll probably have to put some kind
> of sleeve around each microfiche, to keep them from
> sticking together if they should deteriorate.  A
> colleague has suggested that I could save expense by
> interleaving each fiche with acid-free paper, rather
> than buying envelopes for each fiche.  Is this
> acceptable?
>
> Any suggestions (what to do or what to read) would be
> very appreciated!
>
> Bernadette  :)
>

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