Permanent-record paper ASTM specifications

Specifications for Permanent Record Papers, ASTM, D 3208 Manifold Papers, D 3290 Bond and Ledger Paper, D 3301 File Folders for Storage, D 3458 Copies from Office Copying Machines Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol. 15.09,1985. 

Definitions are urgently needed. For example, what is permanence An answer to this question for paper records is given in each of the four ASTM specifications for permanent-record papers. 

Standards Organizations of Special Interest to Archivists. Three standards organizations are of interest to archivists ASTM, ANSI, and ISO. ASTM stands first in importance for the following reasons (1) The wide range of technical expertise in many materials and product areas should cover most areas of interest to archivists. (2) The organizational structure of ASTM provides for the development of almost any kind of standard. (3) If ASTM standards are determined to be of national interest, they can become ANSI standards because ASTM follows a full consensus procedure in the development of standards. (4) Four specifications for permanent-record papers already have been developed through ASTM Committee D-6, Paper and Paper Products (20). 

ASTM Specifications. Four specifications for permanent-record paper (20) were developed at NBS through research sponsored by the National Archives and Records Service (NARS), other U.S. government agencies, and SAA. These also are ANSI specifications. 

SAA Specification for Carbon Copies. The Paper Research Committee of SAA has developed a specification for permanent-durable paper for carbon copies (manifold paper) (34). This specification is patterned after Type I of ASTM D 3208, Specification for Manifold Paper for Permanent Records. The requirements are much tighter, however, and an accelerated-aging test has been added. 

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