Preservation Microfilming for Archives and Manuscripts

Cooperative microfilming projects offer one way to cope with the vast amount of archival materials that need preservation. Deciding whether to film a collection as part of a cooperative project depends on evaluation of the collection's intrinsic and intellectual value and how it fits into the repository's collection management program. Planning the filming project is a complex process of determining staff, space, time, and equipment needs, as well as contracting for microfilming services.