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Focuses on the differences between preserving original historical materials and creating digital archives. Scientific and technical preservation research done by the Preservation Directorate at the United States Library of Congress; Establishment of the National Digital Library Program to create electronic reproductions of primary source materials on American history and culture; Foundation of the Northeast Document Conservation Center in Andover, Massachusetts, to preserve deteriorating paper resources.

The article reflects on the evolution of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Libraries' personal content management (PCM) team and its role in supporting the community in Massachusetts. It mentions subject liaisons work with discipline-specific communities to support their research needs and collaborate with other domain experts like the PCM team. It also mentions Zotero and Mendeley matured as citation management products, offering options for group sharing and annotation.

The article discusses archival materials at Berklee College of Music. Then-President Lee Eliot Berk led the creation of the book "Berklee: The First Fifty Years," by Ed Hazell in the effort to preserve Berkee's history. The nature and diversity of content and format of the materials in the archives reportedly make the task of creating an archive challenging.