Presents a report originally published in 1992 describing the organizational phase of a digitizing project at the Yale University Library that planned to convert material from microfilm to digital image form. Working hypotheses are explained; and the vendor selection process is reviewed, including technical components, design principles, and…

Discusses the situation which led the New York Public Library to microfilm its extensive science fiction book and periodical collection. The project is described and cost considerations, bibliographic verification and cataloging problems, and the decision to augment the collection with additional holdings by loan or purchase are among topics…