ARCHIVESBUILDERS.COM

by Janet Eklund, Administrtor of Library Operations NH State Library

The following is an example of the materials available at www.ArchivesBuilders.com. There are also several papers that describe various document management topics in prose. Computer storage requirements for various digitized document types:

• 1 scanned page (8½ x 11", A4) = 50 KiloBytes (KByte) (on average, black & white, CCITT G4 compressed)
• 1 file cabinet (4 drawer) (10,000 pages on average) = 500 MegaBytes (MByte) = 1 CD (ROM or WORM)
• 2 file cabinets = 10 cubic feet = 1,000 MBytes = 1 GigaByte (GByte) 10 file cabinets = 1 DVD (WORM)
• 2,000 file cabinets = 1,000 GigaBytes = 1 TeraByte (TByte) = 200 DVDs
• 1 box (in inches: 15½ long x 12 wide x 10 deep) (2,500 pages) = 1 file drawer = 2 linear feet of files = 1¼ cubic feet = 125 MBytes
• 8 boxes = 16 linear feet = 2 file cabinets = 1 GByte
• 8,000 boxes = 16,000 linear feet = 1,000 GBytes = 1 TByte