 
 
The editors of the <em>Whitman Archive</em> would love to hear you elaborate on the point you are making here.  When we call up site statistics during our annual planning meeting, people are often intrigued by the distribution of users and by spikes in interest at various times.  No one has suggested that we make these site statistics public and perhaps doing so might be regarded as a kind of vanity.  Nonetheless, I can also see why it might be useful for people wanting to study the impact of electronic editions. One of the issues I'd like to get clarification on is the implication that we have an obligation to provide this information. If so, where does that obligation come from? Do digital projects have an obligation that print publishers do not?  For example, if Yale University Press publishes a book in my field, they don't ordinarily let me know if they have readers in Singapore or if they sell 8, 80, or 80,000 copies.