You are absolutely right.  The PDF format should be considered an access
file or a derivative from the archival TIFF format. 

Howard Brainen
Digital Imaging Consultant
TWO CAT DIGITAL INC.
14719 Catalina Street
San Leandro, CA  94577  USA
510-940-2670 x201
www.twocatdigital.com/consulting.html
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From: Archives & Archivists [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
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Subject: Digitization Question
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 We are working on a digitization project which involves scanning original
documents from our archival collection. The web master want to scan these
letters, correspondence, etc into PDF without creating a master file. From
my research, we should scan all original documents in TIFF as the master
files. Maybe the PDF can be the means in which people access the documents.
It was stated that both the Florida Digital Archive and the Deep Blue
repository at the University of Michigan find this compliance an acceptable
archival format.

http://www.fcla.edu/digitalArchive/pdfs/PDFGuideline.pdf#search=%22adobe
%20acrobat%20professional%20A-1b%20standard%22

http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/about/deepbluepreservation.jsp

However, I want to get the opinion of my colleagues.

Thanks

Nooma Monika Rhue, MLIS
Archivist/Archival Services Librarian
Inez Moore Parker Archives and Research Center Johnson C. Smith University
100 Beatties Ford Road Charlotte, NC 28216
704-371-6741
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