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Re: access to selected parts of microfilm



You could use a positive service copy of the film and cut and splice the
film wherever you wanted to, then duplicate the newly spliced film, thereby
creating a new usable service copy for researchers. The work, of course, is
in going over the reels using a light-box, scissors and splicer and making
the cuts and splices as you go. But it certainly can be done.
--
Marc Zeitschik, President
PRAXESS ASSOCIATES
"At the Crossroads of Preservation and Access"
http://www.e-praxess.net/



> From: "Sr. Annamaria Stadick" <amstadic@YAHOO.COM>
> Reply-To: "Sr. Annamaria Stadick" <amstadic@YAHOO.COM>
> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 00:31:32 -0700
> To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> Subject: access to selected parts of microfilm
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Some years ago, a good decision to microfilm a great
> number of documents in our archives was made.  The
> microfilming is done.
>
> However, now for a variety of reasons, we would like
> to make the documents accessible to researchers, but
> not all of them.  The accessible and inaccessible
> documents are mixed on the film.  I can`t think of any
> good solution.
>
> We could make copies of the accessible, but one of the
> reasons for microfilming was supposedly to save space.
> Still, at least the originals would remain safe from
> wear and tear.
>
> Someone thought we could make copies of the accessible
> on some medium like microfiche.  I assume this would
> be really expensive and time consuming.  Likewise, I
> can`t imagine tying someone up to scan all these
> things for years to provide them in digital format.
>
> Any thoughts on this?  I personally think we will have
> to make it all accessible--i.e., hand researchers the
> film as is.
>
> I am really asking here for practical solutions, not
> theoretical questions about why we would or would not
> allow access to a given document.
>
> Thanks sincerely!
>
> Sr. Annamaria Stadick
> Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary
>
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