The problem with electronic library

My psuedo-boss sent in 3 papers references to me today.
Which is actually a good thing. I can't do my side of
the research without knowing much about the clinical
side of things. The paper references looks innocent
enough, so one of them was written in 1985 but then again
that shouldn't matter. So I click on my trusty "Uni
Library" link and clickety-click-click my way through the
electronic journal site.

Ok, they don't have the journal all the way back to '85
(that's sad! IEEE has electronic journal all the way back!).
And the other one missed the volume I want (well, it has ONE
issue of the volume and alas! It's not the one I need). The
third is even stranger. The pager number is there (EXACT one
too, like both the starting and ending page) but the contents
is different.

So I go back to the normal search site, hoping we'll have the
paper version in the medical library. I can pretend to be a
doctor while doing so! Okay maybe not. But as fate would have
it, the journals are only available in electronic format.
*sob*

I wonder what would happen in like 100 years of time. I wonder
if ALL library would be electronic. You just subscribe to some
sort of library and you can search and download information as
you like. Would it ever replace paper?

And what happen in 100 years time if they don't read some of
the storage system we use now? Don't tell me that it'd never
happen. It's already hard to find something that read 5" disc,
let alone things like punch cards. The information is bound
to be useful someday. I'm trying to find something 20 years
ago (I was still alive then!) and already am having problems.

I'm an old fashion sort of girl. I like reading on papers. In
fact most of the elctronic papers I read were printed out
already. I can't stand reading e-book. But one of these days,
maybe I'd have to be converted.

I'm just hoping it won't be anytime soon.