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smaller units was done in-house, but one outsourced some. One unit that has materials digitized through
DCAPS is considering reporting metadata creation statistics in the future.”
“The library has not yet utilized vendors for digitization, OCR, encoding, or metadata, however, it is expected
that as our program grows, outsourcing some of these functions will prove to be the most economical choice
for some projects.”
“Digitization activities are increasing in every aspect of the library, as well as the wider campus at large. I am
pushing an effort to bring the library into the wider campus activities as we look to create a true enterprise-
wide digital asset management, storage, and preservation infrastructure.”
“In addition to the digital conversion costs described above, the DLG receives substantial support for
hardware, programming, and other IT aspects through GALILEO.”
“Digitization is not centralized, except for that done in e-Reserves, and they have done special projects like
entire back files of a science journal cited on the campus. But it is done in whatever venue where people are
interested, and digitization is a highly valued strategic goal of the library, to promote our collections.”
“2005–06 is a period of digitization transition in our library. While a lot of projects were previously grant-
funded and done on a small scale, we are now looking at ramping up digitization production activities
throughout our library.”
“We are in the process to hire a full-time Digital Initiatives Librarian who will serve as a centralized digitization
authority. Our responses reflect this imminent shift from an almost exclusively distributed pattern of
digitization efforts to one that has a more centralized element.”
“In 1997, the University Library launched the Digital Library Project. Over the course of the past nine years
the program has grown and flourished in large part because of the funding opportunities that were available
to the library through a number of public funding agencies. While the program has been very, very successful,
DCP has had to find a number of creative ways to stay afloat. While a major gift has enabled the library to
acquire adequate disk storage, excellent digital photography equipment, and a robust infrastructure, the issue
of maintenance and ongoing support remain problematic. Grants do not replace institutional support and I
have estimated that over the past 8 years that we have run an ongoing operating deficit of 30 per cent.”
“The libraries continues to grow and advance its digitization program through collaborative projects and the
development of digital management practices.”
“Have not yet engaged in significant assessment given that we have taken only baby steps in digitization.”
“We are currently partnering with Google to digitize our entire collection.”
“Answers to this survey reflect what we have done in our pilot projects and may differ from what we will be
doing in other projects. One bigger project at this point is evaluating different digital objects management
systems for our needs in order to select one that would be used for most of our digital objects.”
“In the past, digitization efforts were very distributed, although the majority was done in Archives and Special
Collections by digital projects personnel. This year, 2006, is a planning year for us, but we are leaning toward a
more centralized approach. Many of the answers in this survey should be different next year.”
“We have a central digital production unit (Digital Library Production Services) but there is also production
smaller units was done in-house, but one outsourced some. One unit that has materials digitized through
DCAPS is considering reporting metadata creation statistics in the future.”
“The library has not yet utilized vendors for digitization, OCR, encoding, or metadata, however, it is expected
that as our program grows, outsourcing some of these functions will prove to be the most economical choice
for some projects.”
“Digitization activities are increasing in every aspect of the library, as well as the wider campus at large. I am
pushing an effort to bring the library into the wider campus activities as we look to create a true enterprise-
wide digital asset management, storage, and preservation infrastructure.”
“In addition to the digital conversion costs described above, the DLG receives substantial support for
hardware, programming, and other IT aspects through GALILEO.”
“Digitization is not centralized, except for that done in e-Reserves, and they have done special projects like
entire back files of a science journal cited on the campus. But it is done in whatever venue where people are
interested, and digitization is a highly valued strategic goal of the library, to promote our collections.”
“2005–06 is a period of digitization transition in our library. While a lot of projects were previously grant-
funded and done on a small scale, we are now looking at ramping up digitization production activities
throughout our library.”
“We are in the process to hire a full-time Digital Initiatives Librarian who will serve as a centralized digitization
authority. Our responses reflect this imminent shift from an almost exclusively distributed pattern of
digitization efforts to one that has a more centralized element.”
“In 1997, the University Library launched the Digital Library Project. Over the course of the past nine years
the program has grown and flourished in large part because of the funding opportunities that were available
to the library through a number of public funding agencies. While the program has been very, very successful,
DCP has had to find a number of creative ways to stay afloat. While a major gift has enabled the library to
acquire adequate disk storage, excellent digital photography equipment, and a robust infrastructure, the issue
of maintenance and ongoing support remain problematic. Grants do not replace institutional support and I
have estimated that over the past 8 years that we have run an ongoing operating deficit of 30 per cent.”
“The libraries continues to grow and advance its digitization program through collaborative projects and the
development of digital management practices.”
“Have not yet engaged in significant assessment given that we have taken only baby steps in digitization.”
“We are currently partnering with Google to digitize our entire collection.”
“Answers to this survey reflect what we have done in our pilot projects and may differ from what we will be
doing in other projects. One bigger project at this point is evaluating different digital objects management
systems for our needs in order to select one that would be used for most of our digital objects.”
“In the past, digitization efforts were very distributed, although the majority was done in Archives and Special
Collections by digital projects personnel. This year, 2006, is a planning year for us, but we are leaning toward a
more centralized approach. Many of the answers in this survey should be different next year.”
“We have a central digital production unit (Digital Library Production Services) but there is also production
