Save a Tree Libraries seek to close the book on paper wasters. From The Seattle Times, an article about those piles of wasted paper and unclaimed printouts we find at the public-access computer. The Seattle Public Library system is subsidizing printing and copying costs to the tune of $60,000 a year. So come fall they will start charging patrons for printouts. Library staffers don't yet know how much they will charge, but they've recommended a 10-cent-per-page cost. Printing from the library catalog still would be free, and photocopies would remain 15 cents per page. [LISNews.com] This is the story that our high school and middle school students are going to hear in September, and I'm sure there will be complaints. As with the library in the article, I'm more concerned with curbing waste (and teaching responsibility) than with making money. 5:53:20 PM     [comment []];[]