Moving from print to web was inevitable for our New England Journal of Higher Education and its predecessor Connection. But a bit traumatic for me as editor since 1990.

In those print days, I fancied myself an “artist” of a sort and the saw the old print editions of the journal as minor “masterpieces” … this one my Sgt. Pepper’s … that one my London Calling … and so on. Other editions marked the way I told time. There was the edition when my first child was born … then the “Emotional Rescue” edition when I took a vacation in Ireland (and some colleagues took advantage of my being away to airbrush out the UConn logo on a cover photo of students misbehaving) …

To be sure, it’s a source of pride to see in one place the archives of print editions since 1986, even before my time. Yet my old print self notes that the digital archives lack the smell of hard copies (first fresh ink, then mustiness) as well as the “neurological traction” of print, as my friend Bob Whitcomb says. And my new digital self notes that the pdfs are a bit clunky in this age of impatience.

Still, take your time … as if you’re in a museum of New England.