Predicting the Costs of an Ongoing Image Digitization Process: Applying Conventional Wisdom at Ingram Book Company

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  • February 28, 2019
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  • Perry, Jonathan M.
    • Affiliation: School of Information and Library Science
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  • After a decade of serious research in the creation and maintenance of digital collections, a cultural heritage organization contemplating a digital preservation project or building a digital library collection is still hard pressed to answer the question "how much will it cost?" Not being able to predict costs, the institution may spend too much of scarce resources, or, perhaps worse, simply choose to do nothing. This paper explores how several leading cost models, which seem to vary widely from each other, can in fact be used together to form a framework to better identify and predict costs. The focus of the paper is on the use of existing costing models, culminating in the development of a costing tool applicable to digitization of images or similar source materials. The stimulus for the research was a pilot program conducted at Ingram Book Company, during which actual costs of digital imaging and metadata creation were measured and compared to costs predicted by five leading models, primarily the Making of America IV project (MoA4") conducted at the University of Michigan.
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  • Tibbo, Helen R.
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  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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  • 63 p.
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  • December 10, 2010

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