In article , MikeS
wrote:
I think you have to distinguish between amateurs putting past printed
material online in a format suitable for interested readers to enjoy and
professionals creating long term historical archives.

Yes, I'd agree. I can see why PDF is very convenient as things stand for
many people. More so than a set of 'one file per page' with larger file
sizes. Similarly, for various current 'e-books' formats.

FWIW UKHHSoc do use and accept PDFs, even ones that have the problems.
You'll find examples on the public site. Simply because having access to
the information content is much better than *not* having it. But as soon as
archiving for the future is concerned, the kinds of points I made begin to
be things we need to consider. So they are something I worry about and try
to alert people to take into account.

Jim

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