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Bits and Bytes and Still a Lot of Paper: Astronomy Libraries and Librarians in the Age of Electronic Publishing

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Grothkopf, U. Bits and Bytes and Still a Lot of Paper: Astronomy Libraries and Librarians in the Age of Electronic Publishing. Astrophysics and Space Science 247, 155–174 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1000546513989

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