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Henk's proposal is one that I have been ruminating about for some time as 
well.  As many HESers know, other history organizations are moving in this 
direction.  The American Historical Review and the Journal of American 
History, for example, have taken a half step and offer all articles on-line 
to subscribers of the print version. 
 
But the physical sciences have long since jumped the digital divide.  For 
an example of a "fully electronic" journal, see the Journal of High Energy 
Physics:  http://jhep.mse.jhu.edu/ 
 
Electronic publishing raises troubling archival questions which may 
carry more weight in the historical disciplines than in, say, high energy 
physics; but the medium does permit a wide variety of applications. The 
extent to which electronic publishing meets scholars' needs will, no doubt, 
vary across disciplines, but it is certainly commanding attention in all 
disciplines.   
 
Glenn Hueckel 
Purdue University 
 
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