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I would concur with Alan, in that ultimately the legal admissibility of microfilm depends on the court on the day. The argument will be - can the microform be considered a true copy of the original? Due to the large numbers of standards on microfilm from both AIIM - www.aiim.org and British Standards - contact Alan, microfilm is considered widely as a true copy of the original. Obviously evidence of your internal records management policy and strategy will need to be considered. Two good books that act as a guide are:- Micrographics: Technology for the 21st Century - William Saffady (available from ARMA - www.arma.org) Film Based Imaging - New views and applications - Don Avedon (available from AIIM - www.aiim.org) Also I would recommend a look at www.ggbaker.com and click into the "tutorials" section. I am just collating more details that are specific to France and should be able to e-mail them next week. In the meantime take a look at www.archimag.com/records if your French is up to it. If all else fails then talk to Alan! Regards, Paul Negus On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Alan Shipman wrote: > Hi Rod - I am a member of the British Standards Institution 'document > imaging applications' committee, whose coverage includes Micrographics and > Electronic Document Management Applications > > There is an International Standard - ISO 10200 - 'Technical report on legal > admissibility of microforms' on this subject. This document contains the > following references: > > France - AFNOR Z43-122:1994 Micrographics - Legal Admissibility of > Microforms (including COM) > > And in the UK we have BS 6498:2002 - Guide to preparation of microfilm and > other microforms that may be required as evidence > > Those documents should give you the advice that you need - which in brief > is - yes, as long as it is good microfilm! What might happen (but this is > rare) is that a microfilm image might be challenged in court - then you will > need to demonstrate that it is a true record of the original - hence the two > Standards > > Further questions? - please ask! > > Regards > > Alan Shipman > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rod Stone" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 10:06 AM > Subject: Introduction/Legal Admissability of Microfilm in France > > > > First as requested an introduction as a new subscriber. > > > > I'm Senior Records Manager for ABN AMRO Bank. The main businesses of ABN > > AMRO in London are investment banking and asset management; its a "high > > street" bank in the Netherlands, US, Brazil and Thailand. Records > > Management provides document management "bureau" and off-site storage > > services to the London offices, and guidance on records and document > > management to the investment bank gobally. > > > > We have been asked for guidance on the legally admissability of microfilm > > in France. Does anyone know of any articles/ papers etc on the subject. > > Failing that can anyone point to the last word on the position in English > > law. Thanks. > > intY has scanned this email for all known viruses (www.inty.com) > > >