Search through the Internet Archive and you get exactly none of my work. Mine is what is described as New-Model Scholarship, "the variety of Web sites and other desktop digital objects that faculty and graduate students are creating that fall somewhere short of 'published' but are worthy of access into the future." Yet it seems destined to disappear from view when my academic career ends. When this essay asks, "How will new-model publishing survive," it is not thinking in terms of financial viability, it is instead asking how this work will be preserved for future generations (here I work on the assumption that society might want my work preserved for future generations - heh). The examination that follows is a good analysis of the means currently in place and a look at what we need to do in the future to ensure that this content doesn't disappear forever.
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