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Current longevity/stability standards for media:

Microfilm and photographic film
ISO 18909: 2006 	Stability of Color Photographic Images-Methods
for Measuring
ISO 18901: 2002 	Imaging Materials - Processed silver-gelatin
type black-and-white films - Specifications for stability
ISO 18911: 2000	Imaging materials - Processed safety photographic films
- Storage practices
ISO 18905: 2002	Imaging materials -- Ammonia-processed diazo
photographic film -- Specifications for stability
ISO 18912: 2002	Imaging materials -- Processed vesicular photographic
film -- Specifications for stability

Optical Disc
ISO 18926: 2006	Imaging Materials - Life Expectancy of Magneto-Optic
(MO) Disks - Method for Estimating, Based on Effects of Temperature and
Relative Humidity
ISO 18925: 2002	Imaging materials - Optical disc media - Storage
practices

Other
ISO 18921: 2002 	Imaging materials -- Compact discs (CD-ROM) --
Method for estimating the life expectancy based on the effects of
temperature and relative humidity
ISO 18923: 2000	Imaging materials -- Polyester-base magnetic tape --
Storage practices
ANSI/NISO  Z39.48 - 1992 (R2002)	Permanence of Paper for
Publications and Documents in Libraries and Archives

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