Advantages And Disadvantages Of Microfilming

Disadvantages of Microfilm and Microfiche

The techniques use to stop deterioration and to repair damaged documents can be extremely expensive because it required of the detail process. Besides that, the technique used to stop deterioration and repair damaged documents will take time-consuming.

Microfilming is a one of the digital format to keep the records. The digital format makes microfilming is easy to have copies. Microfilming providing a master negative from which new copies can easily be generated on demand.

The aim of using the microfilm is to keep records and documents at the long period of time and longer than paper form. But, another effect negative of microfilming is the process to create them. The cost to process the microfilming

This process is required because they want the records must be cared.

The Step of The Preservation Process

Handling the preservation of documents and records are not easy. Therefore, careful planning is the only way to avoid a poorly designed and ultimately unsuccessful project. The preservation of records requires to handling in detail process that every archivist involved in and to take part seriously. The only beginning of the preservation of microfilming process is identification and reappraisal of the chosen collection to determine which parts are in physical need of preservation and appropriate.

The purpose of this proposal is to present convincing case to the funding agency, in the form of a description of the collection and a plan of work needed for its preservation. The document will normally contain a full description of the collection, including formats, media, and the quantity of each.

The first process of preservation microfilming is physical preparation. This process includes item-by-item review, completion of processing and minor repairs as needed, removal of hardware, unfolding or relaxing of documents, page numbering, weeding or flagging of duplicates, other items not to be filmed, and insertion of flags with instructions for the skilled

In intellectual control process, it will make the archivist understand on how the materials should be ordered on the film so as to be both useful, usable and the description is the close companion of arrangement. Intellectual control has advantages to find any single document on a roll of film is which is arduous unless a clear and accurate guide has been provided, either on the film or as an accompaniment to it. Intellectual control also providing the frame numbers on the film (supplied automatically by a frame counter during filming) can be helpful in locating specific