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As an archivist, I don't see any problem using a PDF. Technically it should be a PDF-A, but realistically it is usually a PDF. I have done projects where I used PDFs for the archiving of full websites. It can be quite handy, depending on needs of course. Sometimes it works with the look and feel/design, and sometimes it doesn't. Content is pretty good usually, in my experience. Do a test and see whether your site crashes your Adobe product...sometimes the code, special effects or just size can crash it without a PDF being made...Plus look at the levels you want captured, that can also cause a mess too. Cheers Lisa -- Lisa Snider Electronic Records Archivist Harry Ransom Center The University of Texas at Austin P.O. Box 7219 Austin, Texas 78713-7219 P: 512-232-4616 www.hrc.utexas.edu On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 12:48 PM, Kathryn Frederick (Library) < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks for the thoughtful responses. We've been actively digitizing our > print paper (which ceased publication in 2011) and I was thinking of this > as an extension of that effort. Right now, I think capturing a monthly WARC > file of the site is definitely a good idea no matter what. But beyond that, > as Kyle pointed out, it's not really the web site I'm after but the > content. I'd like to present this content alongside print issues in our IR > (currently ContentDM). In one sense, I can see doing a weekly capture of > the site which would equate to an issue in the old format. But, I could > also do a PDF of the content. A PDF makes sense to me in the context of a > collection that is largely print-based and gets at what I want (keyword > searchable content, authors, dates), but is it disingenuous to > fundamentally alter the format? Plus there's the work involved... This may > be a question for archivists, but I'm not one so would appreciate any > additional thoughts from this group. > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Kathryn Frederick (Library) < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I'm trying to develop a strategy for preserving issues our school's > online > > newspaper. Creating a WARC file of the content seems straightforward, but > > how will that content fair long-term? Also, how is the WARC served to an > > end-user? Is there some other method I should look at? > > Thanks in advance for any advice! > > Kathryn > > >