And of course the flipside of disappearing websites is the knowledge vacuum of non-digitised media. Will future academics be able to explore not just physical books, but non-digitised pamphlets, flyers, fanzines, programmes, magazines, private letters and so on – even if these haven't been thrown away by overzealous libraries?
And of course the flipside of disappearing websites is the knowledge vacuum of non-digitised media. Will future academics be able to explore not just physical books, but non-digitised pamphlets, flyers, fanzines, programmes, magazines, private letters and so on – even if these haven't been thrown away by overzealous libraries?