Just to clarify: the password's only necessary to *edit *the PDF?

In my experience, most publishers are fine with required statements going
in the metadata, so long as the metadata is visible to users. That being
said, it does depend on the publisher, and their specific request.

Is it possible to contact the author directly about getting the password,
or a PDF that's not password-locked?

Jim

*Jim DelRosso, MPA, MSLIS
Digital Projects Coordinator*
*Hospitality, Labor, and Management Library*
Catherwood Library
ILR School
Cornell University
239D Ives Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
p 607.255.8688
f 607.255.9641
e [log in to unmask]
www.ilr.cornell.edu
*Advancing the World of Work*


On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Matthew Sherman
<[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> We use DSpace for our repository so any editing to the PDFs have to be done
> in Acrobat before uploading.  I can add a note to the metadata in DSpace,
> but I am not sure if that fulfills the permissions agreement.  I was
> recently hired for this position so I do not know who provided us the file
> to upload in the first place.  That is why I am asking if anyone else has
> dealt with this since I am unsure if I can ever get the password.
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Jim DelRosso <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Matt,
> >
> > Does the software you use generate cover pages that you can edit? Or can
> > you add the note to the metadata page associated with the document?
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > *Jim DelRosso, MPA, MSLIS
> > Digital Projects Coordinator*
> > *Hospitality, Labor, and Management Library*
> > Catherwood Library
> > ILR School
> > Cornell University
> > 239D Ives Hall
> > Ithaca, NY 14853
> > p 607.255.8688
> > f 607.255.9641
> > e [log in to unmask]
> > www.ilr.cornell.edu
> > *Advancing the World of Work*
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Matthew Sherman
> > <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> >
> > > Hello Code4libbers,
> > >
> > > I had a question for for others who work with institutional
> repositories.
> > > I have a file given by the a professor that I have permission to post
> if
> > I
> > > add a note to the PDF, but the file is password locked.  Has anyone
> else
> > > run into this problem before?  Can anyone give me some advice in how I
> > can
> > > edit this to add the required note to the top of the PDF?  Any advice
> is
> > > welcome.
> > >
> > > Matt Sherman
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>