Special exhibits might be translated to the web in order to increase their audiences. The state is already issuing many of its documents in both electronic and paper versions. It may be a matter of time before everything is issued only electronically. McElrath wonders how archivists will document the end of the 20th century without documents. And then there's the problem of what to save.
Some archivists suggest simply to print everything.
Others suggest creating massive electronic archives, which are already being designed by some to document the infancy of the Internet. But digital files can be altered. Histories can be erased or changed. Literature on the Web can be edited with the click of a mouse. That's something English professors of the future will have to grapple with.