[PADG:401] Green Press Initiative

["Lorraine Olley" <lolley@xxxxxxx>]

Check out:

http://www.greenpressinitiative.org/

There appears to be a movement afoot once again to change the composition of the paper used in publishing.  It does not appear that permance/durability is a consideration for the Green Press Initiative, whose mission is:  "to work with publishers, industry stakeholders and authors to create paper-use transformations that will conserve natural resources and preserve endangered forests."  [Note the absence of libraries and librarians as stakeholders.]  The "Paper Use Standards" on the web site make no mention of permanence/durability.

This resurfaced unpleasant memories for this graying former preservation librarian of the GPO insistance on the use of recycled pulp in gov pubs, which at the time we felt would adversely affect paper durability.  Is there cause for alarm again?

Lorraine Olley
lolley@xxxxxxx