No-Frills Publishing

Treasury Board's Planning Information Products: Effective, No-frills Publishing Practices promotes producing publications that are economical, well-designed and environmentally sound, and that communicate effectively. It calls for the elimination of non-essential publications and for a departmental review of current practices and methods of providing information.

Considerations for print publications include:

• choosing a recycled paper;
• printing in one colour only;
• avoiding complicated folds on panel folders and kit folders;
• avoiding fancy diecutting on covers, panel folders and kit folders; and
• printing only quantities that are needed.

Considerations for electronic products include:

• user access;
• reproduction (texts, graphics, sound);
• storage capacity;
• text retrieval software;
• applicable standards; and
• links with other information sources.