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Practice, organization and quality control of
microfilming projects Dennis Schouten
Project manager Metamorfoze Koninklijke
Bibliotheek Den Haag
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The Fermata

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Double Fold

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Metamorfoze

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Programme

• 1997 - ...
• Government finance
• Coordination KB
• Period 1840 - 1950

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Method

• Microfilming
• Wrapping and boxing
• Adequate storage
• Digitisation
• Deacidification

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Scope

• Dutch origin
• National importance
• Heritage institutions
• 70 government subsidy

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Microfilming

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History

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Espionage

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Development

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Preservation microfilming

• Cheap and safe
• Large scale application
• Long-term preservation
• Simple retrieval technology
• Complex process
• High quality standards

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Maintenance

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Limitations

• No colour
• Available only on site
• Limited access
• Solution combining with digitisation
• Microfilms as intermediate

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Microfilming companies

• Investments
• Testing, experimenting
• Training
• Pilot projects
• Special equipment

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Quality demands

• Technical quality
• Content quality
• Communication
• Logistics

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Nineteenth century letters

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Paper shortage

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Periodicals damage

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Folded map

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Blank verso

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Blank pages in books

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Newspaper clippings

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Postcards

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Preparations

• Analyse the material
• Decisions
• Inform the user
• Establish number of exposures

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Communication

• Standards
• Exceptions
• Decisions
• Clear-cut instructions
• Feedback

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He or she

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Logistics

• Rare and valuable material
• Difficult to handle
• Large quantities
• Intensive traffic

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Large quantities

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Success factors

• Thorough preparation
• Apply the proper technique
• Clear-cut instructions
• Regular feedback
• Regular checking
• Attention to quality

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