Transdisciplinary publishing

At exactly 5pm on March 13, 2006, the computers in the State Library of Australia shut down. No advance warning, just a blank screen. The person taking notes for the final session of the Hard Copy workshop sat bolt upright as the data projector defaulted to blue. 'Errr... we’ve been continually saving this I hope.' Vain hope as it turned out. Given the day’s discussions with regards to the important role of the library in the process of archiving this seemed like just a little too much irony. [Introduction]