Kodak is actually increasing it's production of 8mm film as a new generation of filmmakers have discovered its qualities. Some recent Hollywood films have even been shot using Super8.
We still preserve our 16mm films and yes, they are used...sometimes reformatted it's true, but we plan to keep the films as many of them will probably never make it to video or flash drive or microchip embedded in one's brain. I would wager that film and paper formats, if properly maintained and preserved will outlast most of us. Can't say the same for the ddiidddggggiiital stuff.
Francis Poole
University of Delaware Library
Instructional Media Collection
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