Hypothetically; Elsevier closes today. What happens to their mountains of papers?
I (and many others) constantly mine their journals for old experimental data. Don't get me wrong I'll be dancing on their grave when they close. I'm just concerned the old journals will get sold off to the next big publication house, or worse, get shuttered and closed off for everyone.
Edit: It occurs to me many universities have copies of the old journals and could setup their own sites to host it as soon as copyright isn't an issue.
I (and many others) constantly mine their journals for old experimental data. Don't get me wrong I'll be dancing on their grave when they close. I'm just concerned the old journals will get sold off to the next big publication house, or worse, get shuttered and closed off for everyone.
Edit: It occurs to me many universities have copies of the old journals and could setup their own sites to host it as soon as copyright isn't an issue.