[Archivesspace_Users_Group] PDF files

[Dean DeBolt]

Thanks.  We're getting local court records (1820-1930) and they sent a nice
PDF
inventory (467 pp. of 26,000 files) and I'd hoped to make that searchable
through
ArchivesSpace.

Dean

Dean DeBolt, University Librarian (Professor)/University Archivist
UWF Archives and West Florida History Center
University of West Florida Library
11000 University Parkway
Pensacola, FL  32514-5750
ddebolt at uwf.edu;   850-474-2213

West Florida History Center is the largest and most comprehensive
history collection about Pensacola and the West Florida region.
http://libguides.uwf.edu/universityarchives

Digital collections can be found at:  http://uwf.lyrasistechnology.org
<http://archives.uwf.edu/>
and http://uwf.digital.flvc.org

If we've been of service, please let us know or our administration,
Dean of Libraries <sclark2 at uwf.edu>




On Mon, Aug 7, 2023 at 4:01 PM Joshua D. Shaw <Joshua.D.Shaw at dartmouth.edu>
wrote:

> Hi Dean
>
> Unfortunately, no. AS only stores metadata about an object, not the object
> itself. You *can* point AS to a storage system (like a digital
> preservation system or website, etc). That's what Digital Objects are
> typically used for.
>
> For your particular case, if you converted the pdf to something that you
> could import as metadata (EAD or something), then that would be searchable
> as the entries would then have become entries in the usual archival object
> tree for the resource(s) the pdf is describing. But it sounds like that's
> not quite what you are describing.
>
> Also make sure that, if the PDF is something you need to keep, that its
> stored in another system.
>
> Best,
> Joshua
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> Dean DeBolt <ddebolt at uwf.edu>
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> *Subject:* [Archivesspace_Users_Group] PDF files
>
> Can anyone tell me quickly if a PDF document is searchable
> in ArchivesSpace?  We've been given an inventory (467 pp.) as
> a PDF and I put that in ArchivesSpace.
>
> Dean
>
> Dean DeBolt, University Librarian (Professor)/University Archivist
> UWF Archives and West Florida History Center
> University of West Florida Library
> 11000 University Parkway
> Pensacola, FL  32514-5750
> ddebolt at uwf.edu;   850-474-2213
>
> West Florida History Center is the largest and most comprehensive
> history collection about Pensacola and the West Florida region.
> http://libguides.uwf.edu/universityarchives
>
> Digital collections can be found at:  http://uwf.lyrasistechnology.org
> <http://archives.uwf.edu/>
> and http://uwf.digital.flvc.org
>
> If we've been of service, please let us know or our administration,
> Dean of Libraries <sclark2 at uwf.edu>
>
>
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