Saving microfiche and microfilm records while saving money

Legacy microform records (microfiche, microfilm, or microcards) can be a problem for organizations for several reasons. You can’t throw them away if the retention schedule dictates they must be kept. You can’t digitize everything because the costs of doing so can quickly spiral out of control — often reaching upwards of several million dollars. And you can’t store them in a closet because they often disintegrate before the retention period expires (and, besides, nobody wants to dust off an antique microfiche reader to locate a document anyway).

Fortunately, there is a way to solve all these problems and effectively deal with legacy microform records. There are several approaches you can take to handle legacy microform records while minimizing the expense.

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