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Re: capturing websites



Why do you bother to put the files in PDF form?  I assume that the
originals are either HTML, XML, or JPG.   Why not just store them as they
are?

Curious in California,

John Howard Fowler, PhD, MLIS
Consulting Archivist
3221 W. 177th
Torrance, CA  90504-4003
310-327-5848


On Mon, 12 Mar 2001 07:56:56 -0500 Joan Lowe <jlowe@AFSC.ORG> writes:
> Because of the size and complexity of our website, and the fact that
> it
> changes almost daily, we are now downloading the entire website into
> a
> directory only every six months.  Just recently we have begun
> handling all
> the pages on the site as publicity releases, which means that when
> the new
> page goes to the webmaster for posting on the site, the link is
> forwarded to
> the Archives. We convert the page(s) into pdf format and that pdf
> file is
> then indexed and entered into our database.  The image is imported
> into our
> digital archives on optical disk.  This way we can keep up with all
> the
> updates to the site.
>
> Joan Lowe
> Asst. Archivist
> American Friends Service Committee
> Philadelphia, PA
>
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