Alternatives to microfilm (including film and mylar) would be paper &
electronic media.

Microfilm and paper are best for long term retention whereas documents in
electronic formats are best for reference of documents requiring rapid
retreival.
CAR systems were devleoped to speed up the retreival of microfilmed
documents.

Scanners can be as sophisticated as need be (as the budget will allow) to
interact  with electronic records management systems.

Check with your local ARMA and AIIM Chapters to see what educational events
are upcoming and of course the AIIM & ARMA Bookstores.

Your application might be, as many are, well suited for mix-media.

... John Glover
... Sourcecorp BPS/Agfa Microfilm
... 800-969-2556, ext. 367
... www.home.earthlink.net/~fyiglover


> [Original Message]
> From: Randi Kearns <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 10/12/2004 5:00:46 AM
> Subject: Microfilming Alternatives
>
> Good morning,
>
> I am currently doing research on alternatives to microfilming our records.
> Any suggestions as to what options are available?  What is available in a
> scanner system that can interact with a Records Management system? Any
> information would be appreciated.
>
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