NCJ Number
36467
Journal
Police Chief Volume: 43 Issue: 10 Dated: (OCTOBER 1976) Pages: 258-262
Date Published
1976
Length
5 pages
Annotation
THIS PAPER INVESTIGATES AND SHATTERS SOME OF THE COMMON MICROFORMING MYTHS, MISCONCEPTIONS, AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS WHICH, THE AUTHOR MAINTAINS, HAS LED TO THEIR NONUSE, MISUSE, AND UNDERUSE.
Abstract
CLARIFIED ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 'MICROFORM,' 'MICROFILM,' 'ULTRAFICHE,' 'MICROFICHE,' AND 'MICRODOT.' THE BELIEFS THAT MICROFORMING IS MAINLY FOR ARCHIVAL PURPOSES, IS MESSY, TEDIOUS, AND INVOLVES CHEMICALS, AND LOCKS RECORDS INTO AN 'UNUPDATEABLE' SYSTEM ARE CORRECTED. ALSO TACKLED ARE COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS SUCH AS THAT MICROFORMING SYSTEMS REQUIRE SOME TYPE OF MECHANIZED ACCESS RETRIEVAL DEVICES AND THAT ONLY IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE MICROFORMED.