[Web4lib] The paperless society? - article in today's NY Times

[B.G. Sloan]

  According to an article in today's (Feb. 10) NY Times, "paper is becoming passé".
   
  Fairfield, Hannah. Pushing Paper Out the Door. New York Times. February 10, 2008.
  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/business/10metrics.html
   
  A couple of quotes:
   
  "'Paper is no longer the master copy; the digital version is,' says Brewster Kahle, the founder and director of the Internet Archive, a nonprofit digital library. 'Paper has been dealt a complete deathblow. When was the last time you saw a telephone book?'"
   
  "After rising steadily in the 1980s and ’90s, worldwide paper consumption per capita has plateaued in recent years. In the richest countries, consumption fell 6 percent from 2000 to 2005, from 531 to 502 pounds a person."
   
  Bernie Sloan

       
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