Call for Participation to Revise ANSI/NISO Paper Permanence Standard
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"NISO" <niso-announce_at_niso.org>
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) is seeking
participants for a working group to revise the standard /Permanence of
Paper for Publications and Documents in Libraries and Archives/
(ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R2009)). This standard establishes criteria for
coated and uncoated paper that will last several hundred years without
significant deterioration under normal use and storage conditions in
libraries and archives. It identifies the specific properties of such
paper and specifies the tests required to demonstrate these properties.
Since it was first issued in 1984, the Paper Permanence standard has
been widely used to ensure that paper documents needed for archival or
long-term retention were produced on paper that will last for hundreds
of years or longer, states Betty Landesman, Head of Technical Services
and Content Management at University of Baltimore, Langsdale Library,
and Co-Chair of the NISO Content and Collection Development Topic
Committee that has responsibility for this standard. The paper
permanence symbol defined by this standard is well-recognized as an
indicator of compliance.
In conducting the five year periodic review of this standard, last
revised in 1992, it was determined that it should be updated to reflect
changes in paper technology and testing, explains Marti Heyman,
Executive Director, Metadata Standards and Services at Cengage Learning
and Co-Chair of the NISO Content and Collection Development Topic
Committee. Specifically, the convened working group will be asked to
look at issues of lignin, recycled content, and fillers; investigate
further testing of how lingin affects permanence; and investigate
methods to reveal compliance.
For the revision working group, we are seeking individuals with
experience in paper preservation needs; paper composition, fiber, and
stability; and/or paper analysis and test methods, said Nettie Lagace,
NISO Associate Director for Programs. We are interested in having
individuals from both the user community and paper producers.
Anyone interested in participating should contact NISO using the online
contact form (www.niso.org/contact/ <http://www.niso.org/contact/>) and
indicate your areas of related knowledge or expertise. The current
version of the Paper Permanence standard can be downloaded from the NISO
website at: http://bit.ly/1De8vYP.
Nettie Lagace
NISO Associate Director for Programs
301-654-2512
nlagace_at_niso.org <mailto:nlagace_at_niso.org>
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Received on Wed Mar 11 2015 - 03:08:06 EDT