Terry Abraham did benchmarking on this years ago.

Chris Flynn

> Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 12:15:59 -0400
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> Subject: Estimating time to digitize
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> Hello collective wisdom,
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> I have been searching various lists and internet sources for some
> guidance and unfortunately have found very little.  What I have found
> varies widely.
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> I am trying to find estimates for how long it takes to digitize archival
> materials.  I know this varies widely by type of material and the amount
> of description/metadata.
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> But I need some formula for a grant proposal and to convince the
> administration what is feasible.  For example, we can scan "x" amount of
> images per year with minimal metadata.
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> Or it takes "x" minutes per image for digitization and description.  I
> saw one breakdown that required about 45 min per image and another that
> assumed 100 images per hour.
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> [I am talking about mainly unbound documents and not books.]
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> Does anyone have any sources they can refer me to?  Or any statistics on
> a project they worked on and how much they accomplished? Amount of
> staff, equipment, etc.
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> I have found a ton of information of estimating costs but very little on
> the time it takes.  I have found grants that did 3000 images in a year
> to 100,000.  Obviously there was a different
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> amount of staffing and the higher yield project was doing minimal
> metadata and low-res b/w scans.  
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> I expect there is no magic formula due to all the varying factors. If
> anyone can point me in the right direction, I would be very grateful. 
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> Thank you!
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> jennifer whitlock
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