Aloha, I would definitely not allow the pdf to be the only version and highly advocate the highest resolution of .tif your server/memory could handle. I've been informed by our colleagues in New Zealand dejavue is another portable document format which is superior to Adobe's product. So insist on .tif which will allow you to convert to other portable document formats whichever you may choose. Helen Wong Smith, MLIS, CA Historical/Cultural Specialist Land Assets Division - Kamehameha Schools 537 S. King St., Suite 200 Honolulu, HI 96813 -----Original Message----- From: Archives & Archivists [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rhue, Monika Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 9:19 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Digitization Question Importance: High 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 Email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> <http://archives.jcsu.edu/echo> A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>