My Blog entry this week is from a news article in the April 19th edition of Vermont’s Rutland Herald. Deb Markowitz, Secretary of State writes:
“Last year my office took over responsibility for the public records division of state government, consolidating this department with the State Archives. We undertook a comprehensive and critical examination of [...]
Across my desk comes a reminder of a growing problem. Aging acetate microfilm.
Prior to the early 1980’s, most microfilm used for preserving newspapers, documents and even movie film, was made with cellulose triacetate. “Acetate” as it is commonly known became the standard from the 1930’s to the late 1970’s when production ended. No one really [...]
Thought I might start my first blog attempt on a subject that might help clarify what we do with newspaper and other historial documents. Do we preserve or do we archive?
The verb “preserve” means to keep up or maintain. So when we “preserve” we maintain a record of that document, historical item or [...]
