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PRESERVATION <br /> Q UESTIONS <br /> QUESTIONS YOU MAY HEAR; <br /> QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE <br /> 3. Q. WHY NOT NST SCAN(DIGITIZE) PERMANENT RECORDS? <br /> A. Digitization of public documents is of benefit where storage space is critical, <br /> and offer the public a convenient method of reviewing documents without having <br /> to handle cumbersome books. However, digitization requires a substantial capital <br /> investment in equipment, software, indexing, and document scanning for <br /> implementation. Scanning of early documents which are embrittled, fragmented, <br /> • faded, handwritten, or bound can be extremely problematic, and digitization does <br /> not address the important question of still decaying original records, nor does it <br /> address the intrinsic historical value of the original artifact. Our view is that <br /> professional preservation not only prepares historic materials for safe digitization, <br /> it stabilizes your "best image paper data base" for the application of future <br /> technologies. <br /> 4 Q. WHY NOT JUST REBIND PERMANENT RECORDS? <br /> A. While rebinding does provide added protection for the information the <br /> binding contains, it does not address the major problem of ACID <br /> CONTAMINATIION OF PAPER(from the manufacturing process, writing inks, <br /> air pollution and other sources) which is the SLOW FIRE WHICH IS QUIETLY <br /> DESTROYING IRREPLACEABLE INFORMATION. <br /> 5. Q. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO HAVE PERMANENT RECORDS <br /> RESTORED? <br /> A. The turnaround time is generally twelve to sixteen weeks. <br /> • <br />