The Microfilm Preservation Program

The New Delhi Office preserves in microformat a large number of publications acquired by the Library's overseas offices. The Microfilm Preservation Program includes publications that are:

• published on poor quality paper that will not last long,
• issued in non-stable techniques such as mimeograph, xerox, etc.,
• so voluminous as to take an inordinate amount of shelf space and be difficult to use,
• of greater research value if organized as a collection and microformatted together rather than treated as individual items.

For information on the microfilm program to preserve early twentieth century Indian publications

• The Microfilming of Indian Publications Project (MIPP)