Roger Schonfeld of Ithaka is asking tough but fair questions about the cost-benefit analysis of an intense commitment to print preservation. In very many cases, wouldn't a digital surrogate of a journal article be just as usable as the physical artifact?
[I agree with this in general, with the caveat that print journals often have advertisements and front matter that aren't as readily scanned as the articles.]
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In most cases, digital surrogates work as well (in fact, better) than their print counterparts. But what happens when all the servers go down? Or licensing agreements change? I was glad to hear these issues discussed yesterday.
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