The MICROFICHE FOUNDATION AND The AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION IN MICROFICHE FORM

Once upon a time, in a nearby low country appropriately called The Netherlands, in a town well known for its antique beauty and called after its porcelain ware Delft, a couple of librarians with high ideals and a practical sense that heeded no beauty founded the Microfiche Foundation. They went to the local notary public, produced from their own pockets the money required for founding such an institution and had the pleasure of seeing their brainchild duly registered, after which the notary said his bill was exactly the amount of money on the table. So that the child started its career with the bare minimum of goods. And so it has always been. And if at the end of the journey it may look back at a fruitful life this will not be due to its riches, nor always to generous support, but to the belief and the perseverance of its followers.