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Subject:Re[2]: Paperless From:Barb Miller <millerb -at- TCPLINK -dot- NREL -dot- GOV> Date:Tue, 31 Jan 1995 09:37:53 MST
Robert said:
"I am sure that the Libary of Congress would love
to convert their stock of print material and
recordings to CD-ROM but the tax payer would
scream, Newt would scream and so would Bob Dole
because of the cost of conversion."
Don't forget there are costs in storing large
amounts of paper--buildings, security, fire/flood
protection, staff to file, guard, etc.
I believe many print materials are converted to
microfische and microfilm.
Barb Miller
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
millerb -at- tcplink -dot- nrel -dot- gov
