The Historical and Legal Underpinnings of Access to Public Documents :
“Identifying and limiting access to public documents in a world of instant transmission has created new problems for government and citizens alike. This article reviews
the historical uses and value of public documents in order to aid those responsible for describing which government documents can be confidently migrated to digital form.”
URL : http://www.aallnet.org/products/pub_llj_v102n04/2010-35.pdf