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RE: [padg] Microfilm question
For all the reasons Sherry already provided, rubber bands should never
be used on microfilm.
In my experience, rubber bands are the favorite of vendors, and they
will only use alkaline paper strips if the client requires it and pays
the slightly higher cost.
Lisa L. Fox, Senior Conservator
Missouri State Archives
-----Original Message-----
From: Karen Muller [mailto:kmuller@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 3:49 PM
To: padg@xxxxxxx
Subject: [padg] Microfilm question
In the spirit of "The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked":
I have always heard that microfilm should never be secured with rubber
bands.
I've just started a project, with the help of an intern, to add our
holdings of microform to our catalog. I found a whole run of one
periodical, each with rubber bands (rotting rubber bands ...) around the
film on the reel. Then I checked the new roll of film that had just
come in from the UMI-successor company for an ALA periodical ... and
found a rubber band around the reel.
Shouldn't we have those acid-free paper wraps on all the reels? And if
so, why are brand new reels coming from the vendor with rubber bands?
-- Karen Muller, MLS
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American Library Association
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