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software displays the entire RAW data file as one image, detecting individual frames based on predefined parameters. The RAW file is key when needing to make adjustments to the entire roll. For example, an entire roll may have been wound backwards and each image requires a mirror adjustment. Going through each image individually to perform that function would take a long time. With an auditing tool a user can make one adjustment and reflect that across the entire ribbon of RAW data. Similarly, if the original roll was filmed either over or under exposed, one quick adjustment will make those changes instantly to every frame, instead of adjusting each individually. The information that record managers control is vital to your facility. During the conversion process can you afford to miss a single image? Did You Capture It All? Before the final step of outputting the images, one last question needs to be asked. Was everything on the roll captured? An Auditor allows a user to see the entire roll of film or microfiche as a ribbon, including data in between frames. Using the Detect Process, the Auditor will locate the individual frames on that RAW ribbon file and draw a box around each one. Any gaps in the film would be easily detected and inspected further by the user. Now we can be sure that every piece of data on the roll of film was transferred to the ribbon which was then digitally spliced into frames. Output The RAW ribbon file, with adjustments made and frames detected, needs one final process - output. FlexScan is the industry’s leading 3-in-1 digitization solution for conversion of Microfilm, Microfiche, and Aperture Cards. Normally run in the background, the output feature converts a fully audited RAW ribbon file into individual image file formats (TIFF, JPEG, etc.). Now an individual digital file has been created for each frame on the roll of microfilm. Additionally, with the required software, wordsearchable PDFs can be created at this time. These files can then be transferred to a secure server for storage and future retrieval. Over the past year, in the NIRMA magazine, we have discussed the many challenges to confidently convert your microfilm and microfiche to a digital archive. Remember, for a true digital conversion of your microfilm collection, make sure to use a line scan scanner to capture all data on the roll of fiche, understand the limitations of certain media – specifically microfiche, and to have a process ensuring a true digital replica of the data has been completed. The information that record managers control is vital to your facility. During the conversion process can you afford to miss a single image? Don’t leave your conversion to chance, Convert Confidently! “I really liked the opportunity to voice my questions during the Benchmarking Q&A Sessions for Utility topics and I found the chance to meet with various exhibitors highly valuable (due to my company looking at digitizing our records).” 1st Time Attendee: Lisa Scruggs Senior Records & Information Analyst Dominion Energy 8 Fall 2019 NIRMA.org Inside NIRMA
Update on Digitization of Old Microfilm Documents By Margie Janney, CRM/NS/FED w e’ve started! This image (below) is the first microfiche document that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) digitized as part of the large digitization project I wrote about in the last edition of Inside NIRMA Magazine. You’ll notice that it’s the transmittal letter for Three Mile Island’s Monthly Operating Report for the month of February 1979. I imagine the next month’s report had a little more to say! (You may remember the Three Mile Island Unit 2 reactor, near Middletown, Pennsylvania, partially melted down on March 28, 1979.) As of September 23, 2019, the NRC has scanned 24,597 microfiche, which represents 22.86% of the microfiche collection of NUDOCS documents in the ADAMS Legacy Library. Those 24,597 microfiche comprised 504,711 PDFs (records), which represents 22.07% of the NUDOCS collection. Of those, we have successfully added 97,299 records and existing ADAMS Legacy Library profile data into the ADAMS Main Library. We’re on pace to complete the digitization of the microfiche collection by the end of 2020. We will be starting the digitization of aperture cards and Atomic Energy Commission paper documents prior to that date. Inside NIRMA NIRMA.org Fall 2019 9
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