Many of the complex, interrelated factors that influence archiving of electronic publications are not yet known. Decisions made now will have an enormous impact on the future availability of scientific literature. Archiving electronic publications requires thoughtfulness, vision, and longterm commitment from all parties involved. A stable and reliable infrastructure must exist. International collaboration is essential in order to develop standards that ensure preservation of the scientific and cultural record throughout time and regardless of national boundaries. The current increasing commercialization of information access must not turn information into a privilege of the rich. In the interest of the scientific and general public, archiving institutions must guarantee future access to and use of electronic publications at reasonable costs.