At the heart of the Digital Vault Initiative are the vaults themselves. Housed at UMI's headquarters in Ann Arbor, Mich., these three two-story structures store UMI's entire collection of materials. Therefore, each vault is held to strict environmental controls. For example, the temperature remains constant at 70 degrees Fahrenheit with a humidity level of approximately 40 percent. The film itself is stored in canisters on open shelving units, which are bordered by foot-wide aisles.
Employees identify canisters by an alpha-numeric index system.
For 60 years, UMI has served as a global leader in collecting, organizing, and distributing value-added information worldwide to researchers and students in libraries and schools in some 160 countries. Kristin Collins ext. All rights reserved.