[or-roots] film and fische

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BTW... CD's have a life expectancy like fiche/microfiche as well. Here are some 
comments: 
Life expectancy of CDs
"The lifetime of CD ROMS may be as short as five years."
Annectodal Statements about CD quality/longevity 
There is still debate over whether the gold, green, or blue backing is best. 
Some claim that green disks are better for performance use -- they play back better on a variety of CD players. 
If the 'gold lasts longest' theory is correct, it would mean green/blue are best for preformance use and the gold best for archival purposes. 
The shelf life of an unrecorded CD is estimated at between 5 and 10 years. 
CD-Rs are far less tolerant of environmental conditions than presed CDs and should be treated with greater care. 
Manufacturers claim 75 years (green dye) or 100 years (gold dye). There is no standard to test discs for lifetime viability. 
Kodak and Mitsui are CD OEMs and have been recommended because they use gold backing. 
Most companies don't make their own CDs, so you never know what quality/color (gold, green, blue) you will receive. 
Locally, people buy gold-backed CD-Rs in large quantities from Protape NorthWest, distributors of Quantegy (formerly known as AMPEX). 
Just sent to this list as a reminder that if you are archiving photos and genealogies, you may want to spend a few bucks extra for the premium quality CDs.
Regards,
Jack Ciaccia
Researching NICKELL, MILAM, POSTON and REBENSDORF in the Portland area. 
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> I guess for those who go to the research places for genealogy 
> it will be a good thing tho. 
> 
> I hate getting sea sick watching films go by> 
> Dan M 
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> 
> > Starting LAST year, there won't be any microfiches or microfilms made from 
> > microfilming operations by the Family History Department. They are 
> changing 
> > the operations to digital scanning operations, direct from records to 
> > computer laptops. 
> > 
> > This has been reported by Wayne Metcalfe of Acquisitions Division, not 
> once 
> > but three times. He spoke of it first time June 2004 - the Deaf were first 
> > to learn of the changeover, the International conference of Archivists in 
> > Sydney, Austria in Aug 2004, then last Jan at the Family History Library's 
> > 110th anniversary celebration - exact same speech he gave. 
> > 
> > David Samuelsen 
> 
> 
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