Abstract:
Electronic journals unfold their most valuable features when they are inter-linked with other
documents, archives and databases. These electronic journals need an archiving system that is
based on a global concept. Archiving ensures “continued access indefinitely into the future of
records stored in digital electronic form”. Archiving system has to be flexible to adopt the new
technological generation. The rapid pace at which technology becomes obsolete makes archiving
an extremely expensive undertaking. The librarians are more concerned about the archiving of the
electronic journals themselves, or getting access to the archives established by the publishers or
the aggregators. This paper focuses on the issues related to the archiving of electronic journals in
Physics and Astronomy by the publishers, aggregators and the consortia.
