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On-Demand Microfiche Scanning

In order to expedite the shipment of and minimize the storage requirements of government documents titles, the Government Printing Office has throughout the latter 20th and into the 21st centuries used machine readable microfiche (pronounced "micro-feesh") format.  Although the last 10 years have seen a shift to electronic format for many government materials, in particular web based solutions, many titles are still received in microfiche format.  The transition to electronic formats for government materials, in particular technical reports, has been inconsistent, and there is no assurance that a major retroactive effort will be made to post older materials.  Additionally, although the microfiche format allows great amounts of material to be stored in a small space, access to the individual titles is less than ideal.

It was with these considerations in mind that the Government Documents Depository at the Paul V. Galvin Library has instituted a scanning program.  We hope to relieve students and faculty of the tedium and costs involved with printing these titles out by having Documents staff scan the titles, post them to the Internet in PDF format, and inform patrons of their posting via email.

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