Quote Originally Posted by John T. Fishel View Post
How do we preserve for posterity publications that only exist in the ether? I know, you can't really get rid of electrons and you could archive them electronically. But the reality is that if there is no hard copy, researchers may well have a nearly impossible time finding a document.
I suggested at a library sciences meeting (they actually respect information technology people), that we needed a knowledge program.

Every scientific journal that receives an ISBN should have at least ten archival copies printed and ten national libraries would then accept them as hard copies, microfilm, and long term digital storage.

That would result in multiple methods of storage for long term. The Internet is a communication mechanism not a storage tool. People forget that for some reason.