The best preservation filming agency in the US in our opinion
is Preservation Resources in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
www.oclc.org/oclc/presres/whatsnew.htm
Splicing film is not too serious a matter. If the film is 1942 it very
likely is acetate base which can be a serious preservation issue.
PR can transfer film from acetate to polyester base which has a
very long LE (life expectancy); including a life way beyond any that any
digital format will have. PR will also scan your film and give you a digital
product as well as a reel of film.
Robert W. Stewart
Library Director
Asbury Park Public Library
500 First Avenue
Asbury Park, New Jersey 07712-6193
Phone 732-774-4221
Fax 732-988-6101
rstewart@asburypark.lib.nj.us
www.asburypark.lib.nj.us
----- Original Message -----
From: "Montgomery, Leigh" <Montgomeryl@csmonitor.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <exlibris@library.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 11:31 AM
Subject: Broken microfilm
> Greetings all:
>
> Would anyone be able to recommend a provider for microfilm conservation?
We
> have a broken reel of film that we think we might be able to salvage as
the
> break is not across a frame, so we were going to try to have it respliced.
>
> Interesting to note that this film was from 1942, and the films from the
War
> years tend to be of poor quality. Yet the information on them is sought
> after for that very reason!
>
> Another case for digitization...
>
> Please feel free to contact me private or post to the list.
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Leigh Montgomery
> montgomeryl@csmonitor.com