Thorie said Stout Institute, under the direction of its first president, Lorenzo Dow Harvey, was one of the first universities to offer psychology in 1904. Archiving electronic records Because of the constantly evolving nature of electronic records, the DOA has suggested guidelines for preserving them, but no one has set policies yet. The more I have looked into this, the more I realized people all over the country, and the world, are trying to solve this problem. Thorie identified several problems with maintaining electronic records. First of all, records can be lost.
Any system has the potential to crash.
Another major problem is that information must be retrievable in order to provide it to those who have the right to demand to look at it. With each technological change or upgrade, all electronic records, like those on disk or CD- ROMs, must be updated. Fortunately, Thorie was able to track down a machine that would read the cards. Which brings up another quandary. Perhaps the best solution is to print everything on paper.