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“Since 1999, the libraries’ Collection Development budget has included $15,000 per annum for local
digitization efforts.”
“This amount does not include costs involved in selection, metadata creation, and system development/
management. It only reflects digitization and some Web development expenses.”
“The Digital Production Center’s start-up costs in 2004–05 covered new equipment purchases and physical
renovations. Ongoing costs cover computers and scanners and related tools (lenses, light tables, etc.) Salaries
and benefits are not represented in these figures.”
“No special budgets. It comes from operating wherever possible. Again, this needs to change.”
“These are the personnel lines for FY06. They only include DLG and not the systems personnel involved in
making the content available. A large part of this support is central funding through the Board of Regents for
GALILEO, Georgia’s virtual library.”
“Start-up is easier to estimate, as it was equipment, etc. Ongoing is my best guess at staffing cost in e-
reserves that do the digitization, as opposed to other reserve processing, like copyright clearances, paper
reserve, etc. The digitization is not broken out, or dedicated.”
“There is an annual $10,000 within the acquisitions budget for on-going digital services.”
“Our Roots project is granted by Canadian Culture Online (cooperative digitization project). Érudit project is
financed by hosted journals, and our etd project is financed in-house. Start up costs for Érudit were around
1 million (CN $)a few years ago. We did not mention start-up costs for projects realized in collaboration
with other universities (e.g., Érudit with Université de Montréal, Early Canadiana Online with University of
Toronto).”
“DCP has never had an annual operating budget. Funds are generated through grants and scanning/
consulting revenues. A gift in 2001 prorated over 5 years has funded one FTE position. The same gift has been
the source for capital equipment purchases. Regardless, DCP has operated in a deficit financing mode for a
number of years.”
“Annual budgets are crafted from grants.”
“Funding for start-up costs are received through grants or special one-time funding. There is a technology
budget and a varying portion of that budget is used for the ongoing purchase, maintenance, and support of
hardware and software.”
“The digitization is project-based, including some very major projects. Projects tend to overlap so that
expertise on selection, digitization standards, and metadata standards and creation are retained.”
“As we have only recently started on digitization projects, and are budgeting mostly by projects, it is difficult
to assess ongoing cost apart from the salary of the 0.5 FTE librarian who works on the project, which is
approximately $32,000 CAN including benefits.”
“Use a variety of funding sources to cover digitization efforts.”
“The ongoing costs change depending on grants and gifts.”
“Materials and supplies budget was created, but most funding has come from grants and from contract
“Since 1999, the libraries’ Collection Development budget has included $15,000 per annum for local
digitization efforts.”
“This amount does not include costs involved in selection, metadata creation, and system development/
management. It only reflects digitization and some Web development expenses.”
“The Digital Production Center’s start-up costs in 2004–05 covered new equipment purchases and physical
renovations. Ongoing costs cover computers and scanners and related tools (lenses, light tables, etc.) Salaries
and benefits are not represented in these figures.”
“No special budgets. It comes from operating wherever possible. Again, this needs to change.”
“These are the personnel lines for FY06. They only include DLG and not the systems personnel involved in
making the content available. A large part of this support is central funding through the Board of Regents for
GALILEO, Georgia’s virtual library.”
“Start-up is easier to estimate, as it was equipment, etc. Ongoing is my best guess at staffing cost in e-
reserves that do the digitization, as opposed to other reserve processing, like copyright clearances, paper
reserve, etc. The digitization is not broken out, or dedicated.”
“There is an annual $10,000 within the acquisitions budget for on-going digital services.”
“Our Roots project is granted by Canadian Culture Online (cooperative digitization project). Érudit project is
financed by hosted journals, and our etd project is financed in-house. Start up costs for Érudit were around
1 million (CN $)a few years ago. We did not mention start-up costs for projects realized in collaboration
with other universities (e.g., Érudit with Université de Montréal, Early Canadiana Online with University of
Toronto).”
“DCP has never had an annual operating budget. Funds are generated through grants and scanning/
consulting revenues. A gift in 2001 prorated over 5 years has funded one FTE position. The same gift has been
the source for capital equipment purchases. Regardless, DCP has operated in a deficit financing mode for a
number of years.”
“Annual budgets are crafted from grants.”
“Funding for start-up costs are received through grants or special one-time funding. There is a technology
budget and a varying portion of that budget is used for the ongoing purchase, maintenance, and support of
hardware and software.”
“The digitization is project-based, including some very major projects. Projects tend to overlap so that
expertise on selection, digitization standards, and metadata standards and creation are retained.”
“As we have only recently started on digitization projects, and are budgeting mostly by projects, it is difficult
to assess ongoing cost apart from the salary of the 0.5 FTE librarian who works on the project, which is
approximately $32,000 CAN including benefits.”
“Use a variety of funding sources to cover digitization efforts.”
“The ongoing costs change depending on grants and gifts.”
“Materials and supplies budget was created, but most funding has come from grants and from contract
