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 Preservation Technologies |
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The Genealogical Society of Utah's microfilming and digital imaging technology programs have preserved millions of volumes of manuscript materials. In conjunction with cooperating institutions, the Society uses the preservation technology and equipment that best meets the needs of both the Society and its partners. The Society shares its technical expertise through training seminars, technical publications, and participation in international standards associations. The Genealogical Society of Utah has documented how it uses microfilm and digital technologies for record preservation and makes the Camera Operator's Manual available to librarians and archivists. This manual may be obtained from a local representative of the Society.
Standards The Society's Quality Standards (pdf file) are available to interested archives and libraries. The Society follows these standards to produce microfilms of consistent quality regardless of where or how they are produced. The Society's sponsoring institution, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has developed GEDCOM (envoy file), a flexible uniform format used by almost all commercially available genealogical software for exchanging computerized genealogical data. The Society has developed software for producing name indexes to its microfilm and digital image collection. Local representatives of the Genealogical Society of Utah can provide additional information on the Society's technology and standards.
FamilySearch / GSU, 50 East North Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA Telephone: 1.801.538.2978 Fax: 1.801.240.1448 © 2008 by FamilySearch / Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. |
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