Linda,

I only allow monel staples or rarely, very rarely, stainless steel paper 
clips.  However, my preference is no fastener at all.  With a large batch of 
papers I just use a folder - it does add bulk but is so much better than 
fasteners.  Generally, I find that documents filed together can be 
distinguished as belonging together.

And, I also detest plastiklips - in the five years that I have been here, we 
have reprocessed collections and removed a waste can full of plastiklips - 
they were also very damaging to the documents - creating nasty indents - not 
to mention broken, stuck together, bulky, etc.

chuck hill
Eastern Kentucky University

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