Michael,
FSU uses XML, HTML, and PDF outputs for some EAD finding aids.
http://digitool3.lib.fsu.edu/R/?func=collections-result&collection_id=1076
Thanks,
Plato
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From: Susan Potts McDonald <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 12:42 pm
Subject: Re: pdf outputs
To: [log in to unmask]
> Michael:
>
> Emory University's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library is
> using
> PDF's so that researchers can print part or all of the document
> (since
> some of our finding aids are quite large in size). The PDF link is
> in
> upper right hand corner of the finding aid.
>
> See:
> http://marbl.library.emory.edu/FindingAids/content.php?id=abbey244_102678
>
> If you need more technical details, I can connect you with our
> programmer.
> Susan
>
> Michael Doylen wrote:
> > Are repositories using, or considering the use of, PDFs to
> display the
> > full-text of EAD finding aids? If so, I'd be interested in seeing
>
> > examples of how it's been implemented. Thanks.
> >
>
> --
> Susan Potts McDonald
> Coordinator, Arrangement and Description Unit
> Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
> Robert W. Woodruff Library
> Emory University
> Phone: 404/727-5034
> Fax: 404/727-0360
> Email: [log in to unmask]
>
Plato L. Smith II, Digital Initiatives Librarian
Florida State University
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee, FL 32306
(850) 644-3053
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