Doug,
Thanks for your response and suggestions, I'll act on them.  In your own 
domain though, what would you say is the market price per month for storing 
a microfilm reel?

Thanks for your insight it is appreciated

Pat O'Morrow


>From: "Allen, Doug" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Records Management Program <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: market research questions - County Agencies
>Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 11:34:13 -0500
>
>Patrick,
>
>There is no quick and easy answer to the number of microfilm reels that a
>county (Parish, town, etc.) may have.  The jurisdictions come in all sizes,
>and the introduction of technology has occurred at different times in each
>of those jurisdictions.
>
>In so far as storage costs are concerned, that would depend on whether the
>storage was vault-based, meeting ANSI requirements for microfilm storage or
>whether the rolls of film were stored in boxes on shelves in space where 
>the
>environment was not properly controlled.  Sometimes the cost of microfilm
>storage is a part of an overall conversion service.
>
>If you are to be successful in your research, I would suggest/recommend 
>that
>you segment counties by size and that you contact them individually.  While
>you're performing that research, it may be helpful to understand that some
>counties may have centralized such storage while for other counties,
>decisions may be made on a department-by-department basis.
>
>Doug Allen, CRM, CDIA+
>
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