Micrographics: A Quarter-Century Perspective
William K. Ach · Microform and Imaging Review · 2000
Micrographics once served the world of banking, finance and government. Microfilm was the medium. Since then, the micropublishing world has turned its attention to higher education and has devised a variety of formats: microcards, microprint, 16 and 35 millimeter microfilm, microfiche and ultrafiche to capture that market during a quarter-century period. Micrographics has responded to the information explosion that triggered the technology revolution which drives much of the world's economy. Developments in electrical engineering and the electronics industry gave contemporary society the semiconductor which revolutionized the storage, retrieval and dissemination of information, an issue of vital importance to the library profession. Developments in communication technology brought about by fiber optics and speedier microprocessors followed.