Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 August 2015
Links are important. The providers of electronic astronomical data are linked together the way no other science is. Electronic journals are part of this distributed, linked resource. Permanence is important. The AAS journals use a new publishing process which ensures the ability to maintain permanent access to our electronic journals. Process is important. With the right process, we have been able to add links automatically to our journal; links to references, links to citations (where the electronic material exists) and internal links for ease of navigation within the journal. Readers like this. Links are important.