American national standard for permanence of paper for publications and documents in libraries and archives
By: approved October 26, 1992 by the American National Standards Institute ; developed by the National Information Standards Organization.
Contributors: American National Standards Institute.; American National Standards Institute.
Series: National information standards series
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Subjects: Permanent paper -- Standards -- United States; Library materials -- Standards -- United States; Archival materials -- Standards -- United States; Books -- Standards -- United States
Other titles: Permanence of paper for publications and documents in libraries and archives.; American national standard, Z339.48-1992.
Notes: "Published for the National Information Standards Organization"--Verso t.p.

Cover title: Permanence of paper for publications and documents in libraries and archives.

At head of cover title: American national standard, Z39.48-1992.

Revision of: American national standard for information sciences--permanence of paper for printed library materials, Z39.48-1984.

"This standard establishes criteria for coated and uncoated paper that will last several hundred years without significant deterioration under normal use and storage conditions in libraries and archives. This standard identifies the specific properties of such paper and specifies the tests required to demonstrate these properties.

"ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992."