STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL of information is currently a subject of considerable urgency and one that affects all branches of science. I know that PHYSICS TODAY readers are concerned about the problem, and I suspect that they are, as I am, rather uneasy about many trends in journal publication. I want to discuss some of them in detail, but first I would like very briefly to present some background information.
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