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Re: Microfilm



I have received several personal replies to my original inquiry about
converting microfilm to machine-readable image formats.  Thanks to everyone
who sent me information.  As a follow up question, are archives
pro-actively initiating processes to convert their microfilm holdings to
TIFF & PDF so that they can be made available on the Internet?  In general,
do managers feel they are under pressure to do so from the public?

-- Rob Persons
   The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research


 At 03:42 PM 4/16/01 -0400, Joseph Komljenovich wrote:
Canon (http://www.canon.com) sells microfilm readers that double as
scanners.  They are able to digitize images on microfilm, which are then
stored as any one of several image formats.  I don't think they offer OCR
(optical character recognition) capability, which would permit the creation
of text files.  My last institution had a Canon microfilm reader, which was
one of the better ones I have used - in terms of legibility on screen and
in paper output - but did not purchase the software and cable (to connect
the reader/scanner and a PC) needed for digital imaging, so I cannot
provide an eyewitness account as to how well it works.

Joseph M. Komljenovich
Assistant Archivist
Federal Reserve Bank of New York







I'm new to this listserv and have a question that may have already been
discussed here.  Is there any software in the works to convert microfilm to
PDF or a text image files?

-- Rob Persons
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Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
University of Connecticut

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