The National Archives and Records Administration must consider the impact of technology as it gathers the nation's records.
Electronic documents challenge the archival system in place.
Click here for a special offer. Click here for our free newsletter. Today, the poet might say, they cough in E-mail. More and more of those engaged in the life of the mind, artists as well as intellectuals, find E-mail almost unavoidable both as a means of communication and, increasingly, as a subject of study. Take the simple fact that 70 to 80 percent of American university faculty now use electronic messages to communicate with students and colleagues.