Well, I'll just share this...
I recall vividly the very immediate aftermath of Hurricane Ivan....which
hit my town dead on...Pensacola, FL. I happen to live very near the
organization (University of West FL) where I am the Records Manager.
And, our university operates a couple of buildings as public shelters
during hurricanes. Anyway, so my family and I weathered the storm at
the university where I am employed. And that morning immediately after
the storm it simply looked like a war zone. And of course I was more
worried about my home than my workplace (records storage facility,
office, etc.) however, I couldn't really work my way out of the
university...trees down everywhere, blocking roads, other debris, etc.
without going directly by our Records Mgt. Department so I decided I'd
stop by there once I worked my way to that area of the campus. And the
point of all this is....I knew my family was safe and we had gotten
through the storm...but I didn't know much else...whether we still had a
house, whether I still had an office, and on and on. But one other
thing I knew positively. Regardless of what other calamities I'd find
at my office or in other offices on campus....by golly I knew that those
important, in many cases longterm records we'd spent years putting on
microfilm...WERE SAFE--no question. The duplicates were here but the
original film was (and is) stored at an off-site facility (underground
vaults) hundreds of miles inland. Amongst all the anxiety of that day,
that was a calming thought and at least something that made me feel a
little less overwhelmed in the aftermath of it all...
Gus Harris
Pensacola, FL
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Not only because of age but, some places do not rinse the film well
enough and it degrades quicker. Not to mention temperature and humidity
which we're all aware of, too. That's why I have always had a regular
routine on checking film
Steve Morgan
C.J. Segerstrom & Sons, Records Manager
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Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 8:48 AM
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....unless the film has degraded due to age!
Denise Muniz
Assistant Reference Librarian
Mamie Doud Eisenhower Public Library
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Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 10:18 AM
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Subject: Why Microfilm?
Folks,
One thing to remember about microfilm (or microform) is that it is human
eye-readable and does not require the intervention of computers. So
long after computer applications have returned to the primordial ooze
one can still read what's on the microfilm. Dick King, U of A
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