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Re: ARCHIVES Digest - 24 Jun 2002 to 25 Jun 2002 (#2002-177)



In response to Mr. Stimpert's question re dissertation paper, I haven't heard
about a shortage of good quality dissertation paper--and I believe I would
have.  There's more to good quality paper than just an alkaline pH. Many of
the copy papers that have a pH of 8.5 are made with sub-standard pulp which
may not be durable over the long run. Some has as much as 20% (or more!)
calcium carbonate, because it is used as a filler, being cheaper than pulp.

Permalife paper from Howard uses high alpha-cellulose pulp and includes 25%
cotton rag fibers for durability. This paper has a 3% alkaline buffer and
should last for hundreds of years. It is available from Gaylord and other
archival suppliers.
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In a message dated 6/26/2002 12:02:36 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
LISTSERV@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU writes:

<<
 Date:    Tue, 25 Jun 2002 17:04:40 -0400
 From:    James Stimpert <James.Stimpert@JHU.EDU>
 Subject: Re: Dissertation paper stock

 On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, STEVEN P. FISHER wrote:

 >  For C & U Archivists :
 >
 >
 >   A question for those of you who have not yet gone completely over to
 > electronic dissertations ( which I assume is still the majority ). One of
 > our catalogers tells me that students at our institution are having
 > problems securing paper stock for dissertations because the government is
 > now using a very similar stock for currency production. This was the
 > first I had heard of this. Has anyone else had this problem, and where do
 > you direct students for paper now?
 >
 >
 >  Steve Fisher
 >  University of Denver

 Is the University of Denver worried about "counterfeit" dissertations?
 :-)  If not, why would they require using paper that's similar to
 currency stock?  I've never done an acid test on paper currency, but
 if it's not acid-free, that would be a more important consideration
 than anything else I can imagine.

 We require that the paper be acid-free and white, but we've never
 considered adding any further restrictions to the kind of paper that
 can be used.

 It came to my attention a few months ago that most ordinary
 photocopier quality paper is now acid-free.  I verified this with an
 acid testing pen and our standard photocopier stuff *is* acid-free.
 If this is the case generally, then specifying a particular brand of
 paper wouldn't help the situation.  The primary considerations should
 be acid-free and minimum substance weight.

 I'll bet that "similar to currency" stuff is quite expensive, and what
 additional benefit does anyone get for it?  I'd be interested in
 hearing from anyone else on this subject also.

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