MICROFORMING MYTHS AND MISUSES

• NCJ Number: 36467
• Journal: Police Chief Volume: 43 Issue: 10 Dated: (OCTOBER 1976) Pages: 258-262
• Author(s): S P ASIJA
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: International Assoc of Chiefs of Police
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

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.