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Digital Library Center: Digitization Activities and Average Times

All digitization complies with national standards.  A number of variables impact the actual time it takes to complete a project, such as:

  • Library priorities
  • Expedited items
  • Availability of information about the item(s) (what constitutes each item; number of items; any existing information, list, or inventory)
  • Availability of catalog record or metadata
  • Language of material
  • Physical format of material (e.g., print, photograph, map; and size/structure)
  • Intellectual format of material (monograph, serial, and/or series)
  • Copyright requirements/permissions
  • Date material last reviewed by a library liaison and department
  • Physical condition of material
  • Degree to which automation can be utilized
  • Space availability and system functionality
  • Need for collection pages, banners, text, new displays, etc.

Consultation, preferably early in a project timeline, is critical.   

Example Projects:

Bound Books: Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature (NEH Grant, Phase III)
Overview
Item identification (records/metadata): Cataloging Department
Copyright status: known to be in the public domain
Physical material preparation and return handling: Preservation Department
The full grant proposal is online here.

DLC digitization total average time for each 200 page book: 4.166 hours - 11 hours
Aerial Photographs: Florida Aerial Grant (LSTA Grant: Phase III)
Overview

Item identification (records/metadata) and physical material preparation and return handling: Map Library
Copyright status: known to be in the public domain
The full grant proposal is online here.

Digitization of 13,418 images: 9.6 photos per hour
Large Format Architectural Drawings/Photographs: Flagler Architectural Drawings (NPS Grant proposed)
Overview
Item identification (records/metadata): Special Collections
Copyright status: known to be in the public domain
Physical material preparation and return handling: Preservation
The full grant proposal is online here.

Digitization of 267 architectural drawings/ blueprints, pages per hour: 0.40 pages per hour
Archival and Mixed Materials: Historic Everglades (NHPRC Grant)
Overview

Item identification (records/metadata): Special Collections
Physical material preparation and return handling: Preservation
The full grant proposal is online here.

Digitization of 99,690 pages: 12.369 pages per hour

For more information on digital project collaboration with the Libraries, please contact the Libraries' Grants Manager or the Faculty Library Liaison.

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