He has taken his cause to Nicholson Baker, whose best-selling book, " Double Fold : Libraries and the Assault on Paper, " argued that American libraries had thoughtlessly destroyed history by throwing out books for lack of storage space and discarding newspapers after they were put on microfilm.
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The award for general nonfiction went to Nicholson Baker, for " Double Fold : Libraries and the Assault on Paper " ( Random House ), about the disappearance of the vast storehouse of knowledge in library books and other paper materials that are being discarded for lack of storage space.
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This simple notion, that virtually everything printed is worth saving somewhere in its original form ( abetted by Baker's stinging portrayal of some respected librarians as nefarious, ill-informed, or perhaps even conspiratorial ), is the spark that ignited the library world from the moment " Double Fold " was released several months ago.
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WITH : ASSAULT ON BOOKS-- Nicholson Baker's new book, " Double Fold, " tells a ghastly tale of assaults, loppings, pulpings, burnings and heave-ho-ings committed against books and newspapers by the very people entrusted with their care and conservation : Librarians . ( Browning, Palm Beach Post ) With 6-pica color photo of book jacket.
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In the former Swedish standard SS 152005 ( " Pappersordlista " ) from 1992, with paper related terms defined in Swedish and English, fold number is explained as " the number of double folds which a test strip withstands under specified conditions before a break occurs in the strip "; that is, " not " the antilogarithm of the mean folding endurance.
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Folding endurance is especially applicable for papers used for maps, bank notes, archival documents, etc . The direction of the grain in relation to the folding line, the type of fibres used, the fibre contents, the calliper of the test piece, etc ., as well as which type of folding tester that is used affect how many double folds a test piece can take.
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"Double Fold " chapter titles include " Destroying to Preserve, " " It Can Be Brutal, " " Dingy, Dreary, Dog-Eared and Dead, " " Thugs and Pansies, " " 3.3 Million Books, 358 Million Dollars " and " Absolute Nonsense . " Throughout the book, Baker argues against the destruction of books and newspapers by the institutions that, to his mind, should be held responsible for their preservation.
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In recent years, Baker has undertaken everything from a wink-nudge blend of pathos and bathos ( " The Fermata, " the smart, ribald meditation on what it would be like if one man could stop time to live out his sexual fantasies ) to a meticulous meditation of digital America's rush to abandon its paper-and-document culture ( " Double Fold : Libraries and the Assault on Paper " ).
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