The storage of documents or other data that includes text, graphics, tables, and pictures is called image technology. Technologies considered to be image technology Optical disk Micrographics Facsimile Scanning Digital camera Optical Disks An electronic image media. Advantages: High storage capacity and durability. High speed retrieval (random access). High resolution output to monitors. Optical Disks contd Disadvantages: Expensive Legal admissibility of documents on optical disks has not been determined. Types of Optical Disk Storage Compact Disk Read-Only Memory (CD- ROM). Compact Disk (WORM) - Write-Once/Read Many times. Compact Disk rewritable (CD-RW) - Erasable Optical Disk. Digital Videodisk or digital versatile disk (DVD) A read-only optical storage medium that stores approx. 130 minutes of full-motion video. Types of Optical Disk Storage contd Recordable Disk (DVD-R) A recordable DVD. Digital videodisk rewritable (DVD-RW) A rewritable DVD. Computer output to laser disk (COLD) A technique for the transfer of computer- generated output to optical disk so that it can be viewed or printed without using the original programme. Types of Optical Disk Storage contd Optical card A small electronic device about the size of a credit card. Integrated Image Systems Computer-Assisted Retrieval (CAR) Computer-Output Microform (COM) Computer-Input Microform (CIM) Computer Output to Laser Disk (COLD) Hybrid Imaging Systems
Image Records Retention Microfilm records can be stored for hundreds of years under carefully controlled environment. Optical disks have life spans ranging from 10 to 100 years (depending on brand, storage, and use conditions).
Micrographics Micrographics technology minimizes information. It refers to the procedures for creating, using and storing micro-records. Micrographics contd Microforms are any forms, either films or paper, containing micro-reproductions of documents for transmission, storage, reading, and printing. Microform images are commonly reduced to about one twenty-fifth (1/25) of the original document size. Types of Microforms
Roll film Microfiche
Ultrafiche
Jacket
Aperture Card
Non-standard Microform
Types of Camera Planetary Camera
Rotary Camera
Microfilm Reader-Printer
Microfiche Reader
Microfiche Reader-Printer Microform Procedures & Equipment Document preparation Camera film Image size Image Orientation Types of cameras Auxiliary equipment