From: Jim O'Donnell <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:58:14 -0500 With thanks particularly to Bernie Reilly and Sandy Thatcher: reassuring to think about CRL and LC preserving the print legacy. Two qualms remain: 1. If in 2012, a reputable commercial publisher is showing this lack of interest in print, it's not unreasonable to be concerned with the future. 2. Even with institutions like CRL and LC, if I understood the New Yorker correctly, the pulping is relentless. By the time you are reasonably sure an issue hasn't arrived at home, you have about 7 days left to claim it. If the libraries are *that* efficient, then I'm impressed, but I would hardly criticize them if their normal cycle took a little longer -- a little too long for the publisher's impatience. Jim O'Donnell