i am in my 70s and fellow older builders are passing on. I found out what they thought was a valuable library or collections of journals and magazines end up as just "stuff" the family has to get rid of. I stopped and looked at the stuff i collected. Been moving a stack of Nautical Research journals from one spot to another, in boxes in storage, same with other magazines. Then i came to the realization the sheer volume and space these took up was not worth the amount of information they provided. So, i tried to sell a complete collection of NRG journals and no one wanted them, could not even give them away. They ended their days in a paper recycle bin. As far as the other publications journals and magazines , well, the articles that interested me were far and few between and any general information can be found on line. Plans are like kits at first you are interested in them and think hum? some day i might want to build that ship, 10 years later and there they still sit.
Even tools at one time i thought i could not live without an small lathe or a 4 inch table saw,, i used them on a project or two and now they sit collect rust and dust.