Forwarding the message below on behalf of the Digital Library Federation (DLF) Assessment Interest Group on Cost. Feel free to contribute your feedback to any or all of these surveys to help gather information about digitization in cultural heritage organizations! Biz Gallo Statewide Digitization Initiatives Coordinator Library of Michigan, 702 W. Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI 48915 GalloB@michigan.gov<mailto:GalloB@michigan.gov> | 517-335-1402 she/her/hers Discover digital collections from cultural institutions throughout the state at Michigan Memories<https://michmemories.org/>! Find out more about preserving Michigan's digital cultural heritage through Michigan Digital Preservation Network<http://mipres.org/>! ________________________________ From: DLF Project Managers Group email list <DLF-PM-GROUP@LISTS.CLIR.ORG> on behalf of Suzanne M Preate <0000005ea2149e4c-dmarc-request@LISTS.CLIR.ORG> Sent: Monday, October 3, 2022 4:17 PM To: DLF-PM-GROUP@LISTS.CLIR.ORG <DLF-PM-GROUP@LISTS.CLIR.ORG> Subject: Digitization Survey Extravaganza! CAUTION: This is an External email. Please send suspicious emails to abuse@michigan.gov **Apologies for cross posting** Do you work in the field of cultural heritage digitization? If so, members of the Digital Library Federation (DLF) Assessment Interest Group on Cost<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.diglib.org%2FAssessment%3ACosts&data=05%7C01%7Cgallob%40MICHIGAN.GOV%7C1bb8fe6cdc604d968c7208daa6044e17%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C638004834673187290%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=zBPFeZKKv7NJX%2BInMBLNex%2BIm%2FspadC0eKaf6QcBNiw%3D&reserved=0> request your input via the following surveys. The goal of these surveys is to obtain a picture of the current "state of play", so that practitioners who are planning a digitization project or advocating for digitization funding can make decisions informed by community best practices and experiences. Please complete the surveys of your choosing by October 31, 2022. * Best Practices: https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FD... * This survey is designed to gather and share experiences about digitization practices and standards adhered to at different institutions. * Time estimate: 15-20 minutes * Equipment Vendors: https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FD... * This survey is designed to gather and share experiences working with digitization equipment vendors. * Time estimate: 5-10 minutes * Images per Linear Feet (aka, how many images per box did you get): https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FD... * This survey is designed to gather data about how many images result from different containers, material type, and capture methodology combinations. This data will be used to help institutions during project planning. * Time estimate: 5 minutes * Reformatting Service Vendors: https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FD... * This survey is designed to gather and share experiences working with reformatting service vendors. * Time estimate: 5-10 minutes The data gathered through these surveys will assist us in our efforts to produce resources to inform our colleagues in their work around cost assessment of digitization in the cultural heritage field. The surveys do collect email addresses but will not be shared outside of the DLF Assessment Interest Group unless you agree to share your information. Feel free to forward to interested colleagues both in and out of your organization. Thank you for your support! The DLF AIG Cost Assessment Group<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.diglib.org%2FAssessment%3ACosts&data=05%7C01%7Cgallob%40MICHIGAN.GOV%7C1bb8fe6cdc604d968c7208daa6044e17%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C638004834673187290%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=zBPFeZKKv7NJX%2BInMBLNex%2BIm%2FspadC0eKaf6QcBNiw%3D&reserved=0> P.S. Anyone interested in digitization practices or costs associated with digitization practice are welcome to join the DLF-AIG Cost Group. More information about meetings may be found here<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.diglib.org%2FAssessment%3ACosts&data=05%7C01%7Cgallob%40MICHIGAN.GOV%7C1bb8fe6cdc604d968c7208daa6044e17%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C638004834673187290%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=zBPFeZKKv7NJX%2BInMBLNex%2BIm%2FspadC0eKaf6QcBNiw%3D&reserved=0>. Suzanne Preate (she/her/hers) Digital Initiatives Librarian Syracuse University Libraries 315.443.4243 smpreate@syr.edu<mailto:smpreate@syr.edu> 222 Waverly Ave., Syracuse, NY 13244 library.syracuse.edu<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flibrary.syr.edu%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cgallob%40MICHIGAN.GOV%7C1bb8fe6cdc604d968c7208daa6044e17%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C638004834673343497%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Kj44Nx566TgzGFEsaohFWU43usxg1v%2BNdvPGVtpXAfE%3D&reserved=0> Syracuse University ########################################################################