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There's always the option of capturing a WARC of the newspaper as the preservation master for dark storage, and generating PDFs for access via your CMS. If you're in ContentDM already, then a PDF would be much easier to use (both on the back and frontends). The provenance metadata of WARC is too important not to capture, but I agree that it can be awkward to use for access. A hybrid approach of generating WARCs and PDFs may be best - the PDF will handle most of your use cases, and any further questions/issues (e.g. rendering questions, research into interactive advertisements, etc.) can defer to the WARC. I've used this approach elsewhere, and it was a relief to know that we could always go back to a WARC file to resolve issues of provenance/authenticity/content. --Alex On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Andrew Darby <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > If it's doable, I think preserving the whole enchilada is desirable. For > instance, at my last library, there was a regular assignment where students > needed the print version of old periodicals because they were tasked with > analysing the ads and layouts. Someone might be interested in web layouts > from the 2000s, and there might be content (again, ads, but also masthead > logos, ???) that might not otherwise be captured. > > Andrew > > > On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Wilhelmina Randtke <[log in to unmask] > >wrote: > > > Agreed, don't focus too much on preserving the presentation for an online > > newspaper. The text and images are important, but the layout isn't so > > important. > > > > -Wilhelmina Randtke > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Kyle Banerjee <[log in to unmask] > > >wrote: > > > > > IMO, there are many web archiving situations where it is more > appropriate > > > to just focus on the content rather than the manifestation of the > > content. > > > Just as you wouldn't expect a 1995 article from the NYT to be displayed > > as > > > the website was in 1995 or an article in an online database to actually > > > appear like it originally appeared online, it's the content rather than > > the > > > skin that's relevant in the case of a newspaper. If you make sure it's > > in a > > > format that can be migrated forward and added to standalone or union > > > systems that provide access to this sort of stuff, you'll be fine. > > > > > > kyle > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 8:48 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Andrew Darby > Head, Web & Emerging Technologies > University of Miami Libraries >