This report contains amendments to House Joint Resolution 226 to establish a national policy on permanent papers proposed by the House Committee on Government Operations. The main purpose of the legislation is to establish a formal policy that federal records, books, and publications of enduring value be produced on acid free permanent papers. The…

Describes how paper masks can be used for drama, art projects, or everyday curriculum as imaginative, confidence-building learning tools. Presents step-by-step masking-making instructions with illustrations. (BD)

To aid in the evaluation of the physical qualities of books, specifications for permanent/durable book paper were developed and authenticated. Permanent/durable book paper was defined as paper suitable for use in the manufacture of books that meets or exceeds tests which demonstrate that it has an expectation of useful life under normal storage…

Describes four substitutes for asbestos that may be used in science laboratories. (CP)

Providing a papermaking unit in the art program taps students' creativity in many ways. (RM)

In addition to a historic overview of papermaking, this book explains the painstaking process of papermaking and details the results of actually making paper from samples of grass gathered from Arizona to Minnesota, and Maine to California, including 11 states and climates. The book describes how to teach papermaking and offers a list of equipment…

Article showed students creating paper collage in meeting the art challenge to explore and to work creatively with familiar and freely available material. (Author/RK)

Decoration of paper bags is described. (SP)

Gives instructions for making rag paper as a high school art project. (SJL)

Provides illustrated directions for hand-made book making, including the production of ink, quill pens, paper, signatures, and cover. (CMV)

Carries out a meta-analysis to see if there might be a positive effect for colored paper overall on survey result rates. Finds no significant differences between the response rates to white and to colored paper in general. Notes that when considering separately the most common colors used, it appeared that pink paper had the greatest effect. (SG)

Discussion of paper manufacturing processes and their effects on library materials focuses on the promotion of alkaline "permanent" paper, with less acid, by Canadian library preservation specialists. Standards for paper acidity are explained; advantages of alkaline paper are described, including decreased manufacturing costs; and…

Provides an introduction to the problem of the aging of paper and the conservation techniques that currently are being employed in paper preservation. (MKR)

This commentary discusses 4 issues relevant to interpretation of A. S. Green, E. Rafaeli, N. Bolger, P. E. Shrout, and H. T. Reis's (2006) article: (a) Self-reported compliance in medical settings has generally been substantially higher than verified compliance, suggesting that this is not a rare phenomenon; (b) none of the studies reported in…

This article explores the effect on assessment of "translating" paper and pencil test items into their computer equivalents. Computer versions of a set of mathematics questions derived from the paper-based end of key stage 2 and 3 assessments in England were administered to age appropriate pupil samples, and the outcomes compared.…