id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crln-22014 Campbell, Stan VALUES FOR THE ELECTRONIC INFORMATION AGE: A diminished thing: What are we losing by favoring electronic access? 1998-04-01 2 .pdf application/pdf 950 54 80 nearly eight million presidential files due to arrive in the National Archives soon after President Clinton leaves office (no jokes, now) will be ‘‘in the form o f computer discs, CD-ROMs, and magnetic tapes,” and that ar­ chivists and librarians warn that these formats are less durable than “simple parchment.” Also, we know that librarians everywhere are under pressure to cut print acquisitions in favor of online access. And even though I know that we can make an argument that our decisions to eliminate the printed word and provide al­ ternative formats and online access actually deepens our collections and enriches the cultural record, I pause. cache/crln-22014.pdf txt/crln-22014.txt