"Analog or digital, no work will have much influence if it doesn’t stick around to be cited or..."

“Analog or digital, no work will have much influence if it doesn’t stick around to be cited or argued with. The technological advances that make digital-humanities work possible also put it at risk of obsolescence, as software and hardware decay or become outmoded. Somebody—or a team of somebodies, often based in academic libraries or digital-scholarship centers—has to conduct regular inspections and make sure that today’s digital scholarship doesn’t become tomorrow’s digital junk.” -

Librarians know what many copyright wonks don’t: digital materials may be capable of infinite perfect copying, but that doesn’t mean they’ll last forever.

Born Digital, Projects Need Attention to Survive - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education