Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has acquired assets related to the microfilming of newspapers, collections (such as groups of books, manuscripts and historical documents) and dissertations from National Archive Publishing Company (NAPC). ProQuest expects to integrate the assets smoothly, providing full service to its customers who rely on microfilm as the definitive archive for preservation and storage of important historical documents.
NAPC was formerly a key supplier of microfilm services to ProQuest. It was founded in 2005, when ProQuest sold its microfilm manufacturing operation to focus its efforts on digital information, which the company saw as a key growth area. While ProQuest digitisation initiatives have reportedly grown, the company remains committed to microfilm as a key standard of preservation.
Microfilm is seen to be strongly valued for preservation of rare and archival materials. According to the company, archivists view microfilm as the only universally agreed-upon form of preservation because of its technology-neutral format, easy storage and immunity to alteration. Digital Microfilm, a ProQuest technology, is claimed to take the medium to a new level of accessibility by enabling microfilm images to be viewed online, rather than just in the library.
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