Revision for area 2 PROCON. Ensure objects published in the future are available in digital form.
PROCON. Ensuring future publications are in digital form. Research libraries are committed to moving to an environment in the medium term future (e.g., by the end of the decade), in which most newly published materials are acquired in digital form. Research libraries will work with scholars, publishers, and each other in order to achieve this. Research libraries agree to shift to e-only by 2008 for those publications that are available in both print and electronic form including: journals, reference books, textbooks, government documents and other areas like electronic books as the electronic publishing models develop. A complete transition to digital form by 2008 is dependent on the existence of trusted archives for digital content.
Steve Bosch, PROCON Group Chair