So, I read in the last newsletter that the newsletter is going back to hard copy, and Aroideana is going fully digital. I understand the advantages, and certainly I am not one of those Luddites who oppose technology. I will be the first to admit that when I do my research, I go first to JSTOR and Google Scholar, not to hard copy journals. When I look at the physical space occupied by my collection of Aroideana unbroken since 1998, and compare it to the physical space occupied by a jump drive capable of storing all those volumes, I see the advantage. Likewise, when I think about the physical space and amount of paper that would be required if I were to print out hard copies of every digital document I currently have, I see why digital is desirable.
Gotelli, Nicholas J., and Aaron M. Ellison. 2004. _A Primer of Ecological Statistics_. Sunderland, Massachusetts: Sinauer Associates, Inc.
I found this to be valuable food for thought, anyway. I have a 3-1/2" floppy and even an 8" floppy, and no idea anymore what documents or data might be on them, because I have no way to access them. Meanwhile, I can still access the contents of my great grandmother's diary written in 1919.