Enquiries
Each year Microform Academic Publishers bring out many new titles. If you wish to receive updates by email or mail please complete the enquiry form
Archival microfilming and digital imaging services
We offer a complete range of archival microfilming
and digital imaging services for the preservation of special collections materials.
These can be carried out either on a contract basis by our scanning, microfilming and storage division or, with the agreement of any copyright holders, submitted as an idea for publication.
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Subscriptions and Standing Orders
Our catalogue contains a number of current periodical titles, including newspapers, journals and annual reports, which can be acquired on a subscription basis. In addition, titles from any of our current series, including British Records Relating to America in Microform (BRRAM) are available on standing order. Contact us for further details.
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Microform Standards and Formats
As recommended by the National Preservation Office, all new microfilm projects and all microform copies from existing titles conform to current British, European and international standards for prepation, description, archival permanence, etc. listed below.
Unless otherwise stated, our titles are produced on 35mm positive silver halide
microfilm. All our microfiche publications are supplied on 105 x 148 mm (4
x 6 inch) microfiches, including those titles produced to the previous 75
x 125 mm (3 x 5 inch) format standard.
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BS 1153:1992 Recommendations for processing and storage of silver-gelatin-type
microfilm
BS 5444:1977 Recommendations for preparation of copy for microfilming
BS 5525:1977 Specification for 35 mm microcopying of maps and plans
BS 5699-1:1979, ISO 4331-1977 Processed photographic film for archival records.
Specifications for silver-gelatin type on cellulose ester base
BS 6313:2003 Micrographics. 35 mm microfilming of serials. Specification
BS 6498:2002 Guide to preparation of microfilm and other microforms that may be required as evidence
BS ISO 3272-1:2003 Microfilming of technical drawings and other drawing office
documents. Operating procedures
BS ISO 3272-2:1994 Microfilming of technical drawings and other drawing office
documents. Quality criteria and control of 35 mm silver gelatin microfilms
BS ISO 3272-3:2001 Microfilming of technical drawings and other drawing office documents. Aperture card for 35 mm microfilm
BS ISO 3272-4:1994 Microfilming of technical drawings and other drawing office documents. Microfilming of drawings of special and exceptional elongated sizes
BS ISO 3272-5:1999 Microfilming of technical drawings and other drawing office documents. Test procedures for diazo duplicating of microfilm images in aperture cards
BS ISO 3272-6:2000 Microfilming of technical drawings and other drawing office documents. Quality criteria and control of systems for enlargement from 35 mm microfilm
BS ISO 4087:1991 Micrographics. Microfilming of newspapers for archival purposes on 35 mm microfilm
BS ISO 6148:2001 Photography. Micrographic films, spools and cores. Dimensions
BS ISO 6199:1991 Micrographics. Microfilming of documents on 16 mm and 35
mm silver-gelatin type microfilm. Operating procedures
BS ISO 6200:1999 Micrographics. First generation silver-gelatin type microforms
of source documents. Density specifications and method of measurement
BS ISO 8127-1:1989 Micrographics. A6 size microfilm jackets. Five-channel
jacket for 16 mm microfilm
BS ISO 8127-2:1999 Micrographics. A6 size microfilm jackets. Other types of
jacket for 16 mm and 35 mm microfilm
BS ISO 11962:2002 Micrographics. Image mark (blip) used with 16 mm and 35
mm roll microfilm
BS ISO 18905:2002 Imaging materials. Ammonia-processed diazo photographic
film. Specifications for stability
BS EN 2484:1989 Specification for microfilming of drawing. Aperture card for
35 mm microfilm
BS EN 2499:1990 Specification for computer output microfiche (com) A6 microfiche
BS EN 2575:1989 Specification for filming of documents. 16 mm microfilm
ISO 3334:1989 (BS 4657:1990) Microcopy Resolution Test Chart No. 2
ISO 9878:1990 Graphical symbols for use in microfilming
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Digital Image and CD-ROM Specifications
The presentation format for CD-ROM publications is in PDF files created using Adobe Acrobat, and containing images scanned according to our current standard from either the original document or a negative microfilm. The version 6 of the Adobe Acrobat reader is supplied free on the CD-ROM, together with a basic tutorial on how to navigate through the PDF files. The reader works on both AppleMac and Microsoft Windows. The minimum recommended hardware specification is: Pentium 2, 64 Mb RAM, 300 MHz processor.
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CD-ROM
Licences
Our CD-ROM publications are available with either a Single-user Licence or a Site-wide Network Licence. As with our microform titles, they are protected by both intellectual and other property legislation.
Unless otherwise stated, CD-ROM publications are covered by a Single-user Licence. This licence grants the right to view the contents of the CD-ROM on a single computer screen for the purpose of private study and research, together with the right to transcribe brief extracts as appropriately attributed quotations. Any other act resulting in the copying, storage, printing, reproduction or transmission of text or images from this product, in any form or by any means, including over a network, without the prior written permission of Microform Academic Publishers constitutes an infringement of copyright, and is therefore illegal.
A Site-wide Network Licence permits the purchaser to make and store a copy of this product on a server for the purpose of multiple simultaneous viewing of its contents on computers connected to his site-wide network, including their display before an audience. In networking this product, the purchaser shall take all reasonable precautions to ensure that its contents cannot, in any way which exceeds the principles of "fair dealing" and "library privilege" established in the copyright law of the United Kingdom and elsewhere, be further copied, stored, printed, reproduced or transmitted without the prior written permission of Microform Academic Publishers (address below), and that they are not made accessible outside his site-wide network.
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Special
services for intitutions
The imaging and scanning services division of Microform Imaging Limited provides a comprehensive range of services to suit the preservation microfilming and digitisation needs of archives and libraries in the academic, public and commercial sectors. These services include the production of duplicate positive and negative reels and fiche to replace copies damages by use, as well as the digitization of archival documents either from originals or existing microfilms, delivered in a variety of formats (tiff, jpeg, etc.) to meet your needs.
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Special
services for individuals
In addition to our new CD-ROM publications, when an earlier published work is out of copyright or where our agreements with rights-holders allow, some of our earlier microform publications can now be made available on CD-ROM to individuals for private study and research. Depending on the nature and size of the microfilms to be converted and the type of digital image (greyscale or black and white), one CD-ROM can contain up to three reels. It should be noted that images scanned from older negatives may reproduce defects inherent in microfilm as a medium for archival preservation, as well as reflecting the effect of ageing on the original documents, for example due to the yellowing of paper fibres or the fading of ink pigments.) Prices for this service are available on request.
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Paper copies can be supplied from most of our microfilms and prices for this service can be found on the ordering page.
Copyright issues and all other queries
Most of the archive collections published by us contain documents produced by more than one author. In accordance with UK Copyright Law, efforts are made to establish the existence of any surviving copyrights and to obtain the permission of their owners prior to publication. We apologise to those copyright owners whom it has not proved possible to trace, and invite them to contact us direct at the earliest opportunity.
For all other queries, please either email us or contact us at the address below.
Microform Academic Publishers
Main Street
East Ardsley
Wakefield
WF3 2AP
UK
T: +44 (0)1924 825700
F: +44 (0)1924 871005
E: MAP@microform.co.uk
Microform Academic Publishers is a division of Microform Imaging Limited
(company registered in England no. 2236624 - VAT reg. no. GB 464 3678 20)