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I work in the WWW-Team at the university library here at the university in Goettingen, Germany. One of our functions is the electornic publication of Goettingen doctoral dissertations and habilitations (not required but far less expensive than self / "vanity-press" -publishing of about 100 copies, which is often the only alternative for many). In addition to two library copies of the paper version, we require two electronic versions: one in the original format (e.g., LaTec, WordStar, WordPerfect) and on in PDF (or PostScript). Our rationale is that we put up a uniform, allegedly universally readable (PDF) version on the web (on the one hand), and archive the original version (for which the author has certified on paper (n.b.) that it is identical with the paper version) as insurance against system breakdown and obsolescence of PDF. (What we do not have, as far as I know, is an archive of the software programs (LaTec, etc.) P.S.: We charge a one-time fee of € 15 and release the dissertation to all net users. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Mother's Day is May 12th! http://shopping.yahoo.com