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Re: Paper Conspiracy



I notice that the Simmons College Graduate School of Lib & Info Science in
Boston is hosting a program, "The Great Paper Debate:  Original Formats in a
Virtual World, " at which Nicholson Baker and Richard Cox will talk on this
very issue.  Wish I could attend!

"Sicchio, Mary" wrote:

> Are any of you familar with the publication Double Fold: Libraries and the
> Assault on Paper by Nicholson Baker.  Apparently he claims that there is a
> conspiracy agong archivist and librarians against paper especially
> newsprint in favor of microfilm.  He states we "destroy to preserve" and
> that we are responsible for depleting original documents.
> He praises the Boston Public Library for having no preservation
> administrator and claims that this is why they have a large collection of
> newspapers.  I believe their microtext department is also significant.
> Any reaction to this conspiracy theory?
>

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Susan D'Entremont                           28 Essex Street
Regional Archivist                            Albany, NY  12206
Documentary Heritage Program     Phone: (518) 438-2500
Capital District Library Council       Fax:   (518) 438-2872
www.cdlc.org                                    susan@cdlc.org
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