[Athen] [EXTERNAL] Re: article advocating for PDFs in College & Research Libraries News

[Alexis Delevett]

Say we are stuck with PDF as the de facto storage format, why are Libraries still accepting untagged PDFs from publishers? Aren't they then on the hook for providing inaccessible digital content?

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Well, there is some glaring misinformation in there, and definitely too short a piece to be truly useful.



Remediating a PDF is difficult and time-consuming, while creating a good quality accessible WORD document is easy and only takes a few steps. That good quality Word file, which only took a few minutes to create properly, can then be output to multiple formats, including tagged PDF and HTML.



I am not sure the author really understands what he is talking about.





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Sorry, this article might not be the best thing to share on a Friday afternoon, but here it is.   I’m not agreeing with the article.



Chee, M., & Weaver, K. (2022). The great PDF debate: Accessible or impossible?. College & Research Libraries News, 83(8), 363. doi:https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.83.8.363<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.5860%2Fcrln.83.8.363&data=05%7C01%7Calexis_delevett%40cuesta.edu%7Cdd5ca195edeb472e001e08da929aa73f%7Cdd06762afacb4cd7a4a5cc0ba50bcc30%7C0%7C0%7C637983490191416204%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=72mElso44RCXzQZJzdFBSWNgJhIJ%2FAp0mwLFQdmVE9A%3D&reserved=0>

At least the article cites a couple of articles that advocate a different view.



Adina



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