As letters and diaries give way to e-mails and laptops, fresh challenges and opportunities have emerged for archivists. Jeremy Leighton John explores the digital wilderness for the British Library.
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John, J. The future of saving our past. Nature 459, 775–776 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/459775a
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