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It's different for everyone's unique situation but from a law firm's
perspective:  I don't have numbers but I can tell you the volume of
paper we deal with in litigation continues to grow.  Two reasons:
- Technology keeps making it easier and cheaper to generate hard copy.
- Imaging documents produced in litigation is not always
cost-efficient.  And sometimes even documents produced electronically
get printed.  It partly depends on how important the docs are and to
what extent you need to share the docs over distance.

Gary L. Grieme
Records Manager
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.
Minneapolis, MN
612-349-8538
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A point of clarification I'm not implying it's a good thing to manage
paper.  The basis for my initial inquiry and follow-up information was
to build a case for not keeping file cabinets full of paper working
files.

I'm preparing an all out blitz in 1Q 2005 to have departments review
and appropriately apply disposition to information in paper as well as
other transportable media. (ie micrographics, CDs etc.)

Numbers usually present a nice visual as oppose to text - "We need to
reduce our dependence on paper, please apply the appropriate
disposition
to your files."   Why?  What's in it for me?  Why does it benefit the
company?

Perhaps this very basic topic doesn't fit the current trend of
discussing the management of electronic files.
What I know is the electronic systems that have been put in place as
official repositories generate volumes of paper.

Regards
Barry

Barry Malone
Mgr Global R&D Records Management
500 Arcola Road
Collegeville Pa. 19426
Maildrop A1108G
484-865-2345
Fax 484-865-9271
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