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Provide Digital Surrogates

Create durable digital surrogates of fragile originals by converting the high‑resolution scans to searchable PDFs, exp…

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AExecute — “help me do it”Create durable digital surrogates of fragile originals by converting the high‑resolution scans…+
Create durable digital surrogates of fragile originals by converting the high‑resolution scans to searchable PDFs, export individual high‑quality images for online viewers, compress master derivatives for scholar downloads, and store both versions in the Preservation folder before next month’s reading requests.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.
BImprove — “do it better”Prepare the surrogate package so conservators and researchers accept it without handling the…+
Prepare the surrogate package so conservators and researchers accept it without handling the original: produce a full‑text PDF for searching, export TIFFs for the image repository, create a smaller compressed PDF for download, embed a provenance note on the first page stating 'digital surrogate — handle original only by appointment', and verify image fidelity against the master scan.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

The real tasks

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Keep fragile originals available for scholars while letting them consult durable digital surrogates instead of handling the item.

Who does this

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Records Manager

Questions people ask

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Because you rarely think 'I want the redaction tool'. You think 'I have to share this without leaking the client's details'. Start from the need, and the feature finds you.

Real. Every job here was drawn from what people in real roles were actually seen doing in Acrobat — not a feature checklist.

No. Each page gives you a ready prompt you can paste into an AI assistant, plus the plain steps to do it yourself. Start with either — the goal is the finished job, not the tool.