[WEB4LIB] PDF versus HTML

[Pons, Lisa (ponslm)]

I second the html:more accessible issue. Also, there are some
programs/scripts that convert html to pdf's "on the fly"... for example:
http://www.rustyparts.com/pdf.php

If this was an ongoing project, something like that might be worth it.

Lisa

Lisa Pons-Haitz

Webmaster
University Libraries
University of Cincinnati
lisa.pons at uc.edu
(513)556-1431

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Fitzgibbon [mailto:jfitzgibbon at Galwaylibrary.ie]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 6:57 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] PDF versus HTML
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> We have a number of print documents which we wish to make available on
> the web. My boss is very keen on saving these documents as 
> PDF files and
> making them available on the web in this format.
> 
> I think it would be better to convert the documents to HTML but am
> finding it difficult to marshal my arguments. Many newspapers 
> eschew PDF
> in favor of HTML; they must have their reasons. Newspapers are
> essentially a print medium and it would seem that PDF is 
> tailor made for
> putting print media on the web.
> 
> When should PDF be used and when should HTML be used?
> 
> Regards
> John 
> 
> John Fitzgibbon
> 
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