About Archival Solutions

Archival Solutions is an image-preserving service offered by Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of Gale and the world's leading publisher of archival research materials. Our staff brings more than 150 years of preservation experience and more than 35 years of duplication service experience to your collections needs. Trained on the latest equipment and all requirements of photographic quality and duplication and processing procedures, our staff expertly handles more than 200,000 rolls of 35 mm film — that's nearly 20-million feet - a year. And, we're proud to have received the prestigious Kodak award for outstanding quality control in micrographic processing every year since 1997.

Archival Solutions' lab is a tribute to modern processing techniques. Combining the latest technology and equipment with today's highest quality standards, Archival Solutions delivers top-rate conversion and duplication collections. Our lab expertly:

• Minimizes physical damage to brittle/deteriorating acetate film while maximizing image quality
  
  
• Locks film processors into six sigma
  
  
• Produces more than 150,000 feet of all formats of microfilm in an eight-hour period
  
  
• Meets all of the latest ANSI/AIIM/ISO specifications
  
  
• Adheres to ISO 9000 procedures
  
  
• Environmentally controls its storage vault (complete with state-of-the-art fire suppression technology)
  
  
• Employs a formal film/job tracking system
  
  
• Duplicates in 16mm, 35mm and microfiche
  
  
• Invests in high-level training for each staff member

In other words, your images are safe with us. We will treat them with expert care from the time we receive them until they are securely returned to you.

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