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The E-Sylum:  Volume 4, Number 19, May 6, 2001, Article 7

MICROFICHE 

   David Lange writes: "Some years ago, I purchased a complete 
   set of The Numismatist in microfiche form from the ANA.  I 
   used it quite a bit until I joined NGC.  Since that time, I've had 
   access to a complete, bound set of originals (1888-93 are 
   reprints, of course), and I'd much rather skim through hundreds 
   of paper pages than hypnotize myself in front of a microfiche 
   viewer. I find it too easy to miss what I'm looking for with 
   microfiche and, of course, I also miss out on the inherent 
   enjoyment of touching the original pages and reliving these 
   moments in time. 

   Perhaps, the best defense of microfilming is this: By now, most 
   periodical collections would have been trashed in any case. At 
   least, by microfilming them during the 1970s and '80s the 
   information still exists, albeit in an unsatisfying form.  It's just 
   unfortunate that digital technology arrived a little too late for these 
   documents to be scanned, providing a somewhat better 
   reproduction than microfilm." 

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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