Preservation Microfilming Standards
Film Quality and Stability
ANSI/AIIM MS14-1996, Specifications for 16 and 35mm Roll Microfilm. Silver Spring, MD: Association for Information and Image Management, 1996.
ANSI/AIIM MS18-1992 (R1998), Splices for Image Film: Dimensions and Operational Constraints Microfilm. Silver Spring, MD: Association for Information and Image Management, 1998.
ANSI/AIIM MS23-1998, Practice for Operational Procedures/ Inspection and Quality Control of First-Generation Silver-Gelatin Microfilm of Documents. Silver Spring, MD: Association for Information and Image Management, 1998.
ANSI/AIIM MS35-1990, Recommended Practice for the Requirements and Characteristics of Original Documents That May Be Microfilmed. Silver Spring, MD: Association for Information and Image Management, 1990.
ANSI/AIIM MS37-1998 (R1996), Recommended Practice for Microphotography of Cartographic Materials. Silver Spring, MD: Association for Information and Image Management, 1996.
ANSI/AIIM MS43-1998, Operational Procedures/Inspection and Quality Control of Duplicate Microforms of Documents and From COM . Silver Spring, MD: Association for Information and Image Management, 1998.
ANSI/AIIM MS45-1990, Recommended Practice for Inspection of Stored Silver Gelatin Microforms for Evidence of Deterioration. Silver Spring, MD: Association for Information and Image Management, 1990.
ANSI/AIIM MS111-1994, Recommended Practice for Microfilming Printed Newspapers on 35mm Roll Microfilm. Silver Spring, MD: Association for Information and Image Management, 1994.
ANSI NAPM IT9.16-1993, ISO 14523:1999, Photographic Activity Test. Full description of standard and ordering under product information, Image Permanance Institute, Rochester, NY.
ANSI/NISO Z39.32-1996, Information on Microfiche Headers (Revision of ANSI Z39.32-1981).
ANSI/NISO Z39.62-2000, Eye-legible Information on Microfilm Leaders and Trailers and on Containers of Processed Microfilm on Open Reels (Revision of ANSI/NISO Z39.62-1993).
ANSI/NISO Z39.74-1996, Guides to Accompany Microform Sets.
ISO/FDIS 18901, Imaging materials — Processed silver-gelatin type black-and-white films — Specifications for stability. Geneva, Switzerland: International Organization for Standardization, 2001.
ISO 18917:1999, Photography — Determination of residual thiosulfate and other related chemicals in processed photographic materials — Methods using iodine-amylose, methylene blue and silver sulfide. Geneva, Switzerland: International Organization for Standardization, 1999.
Film Storage
ANSI/AIIM MS11-1987, Microfilm Jackets. Silver Spring, MD: Association for Information and Image Management, 1987.
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), IFLA Core Programme Preservation and Conservation, Care, Handling, and Storage of Photographs Standards. (HTML markup by Walter Henry, June 3 1996.)
ISO 18902:2001, Imaging materials — Processed photographic films, plates and papers — Filing enclosures and storage containers. Geneva, Switzerland: International Organization for Standardization, 2001.