I think that we are pretty much safe from Library of Alexandria scenario. Most of the events that would cause that are more or less existential threats too, so I wouldn't really worry about the knowledge in these scenarios.
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So you think in a thousand years the archeologists will simply move to online? Sounds like another good question!
A Thousand year predictions are kinda silly if you ask me. Although, we already have "historians" on Youtube reflecting on how the internet looked 20+ years ago, what trends were hot and what moments, and so on. So some kind of internet archeology wouldn't really surprise me. And also, I wouldn't say that archeologists would "move to online" because this works completely differently, right? It is a new field or an expansion of the field if you will.
Silly or not, it's a thought exercise. I believe that future archaeologists will just find people with feeding tubes, colostomy bags, and neuralinks. Pretty boring if you ask me. The real insight into how people actually lived in the not-too-distant future will be digital.