Some of the original documents were at especially high risk because of their constant use. Between 1989 and 1992, some documents were consulted more than 40 times a year. Today, the most popular documents have all been digitized and are never handled. Appendix 1 provides further details. More information is available.
Researchers complete more consultations per work session.
The AGI provides more services to a broader range of users. Delivery of paper copies is much more rapid. See Appendix 2 for more information. In its efforts of the past ten years, AGI has consistently aimed to be practical and has shown that new technologies can offer powerful tools for fulfilling the major goals of conservation and dissemination. The AGI has converted eleven million pages and all existing descriptive data to digital format.