Online or on paper? That’s one question at the heart of a debate over Obama’s planned presidential library which would, unlike the those of his predecessors, contain no physical archives.

The yet-to-be-built library was thrust into the spotlight this week with the unexpected release of a legal agreement on the digitization of documents raising new questions about access and preservation.

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