As we approach the year 2000, we can expect many predictions about how the future might unfold during the next millennium.
Nobody knows, but some guesses can be made.
It's possible that many journals that currently exist will disappear. In the meantime, many experiments are under way, via the internet, on ways to access, share and exchange information. This website is one example. We are seeing the emergence of 'nested' sets of 'signposts' that point toward the exact kind of information we happen to be looking for via the internet. As we move from one set of links to another, we can move from access to rather superficial knowledge about a wide range of topics, to an opportunity for much more extensive exploration of particular topics.