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Re: Paper Conspiracy
The books was reviewed in one of the library journals and I have ordered it.
Louise Sandberg, Special Collections
Lawrence Public Library
Lawrence, Mass.
"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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