[OpenGLAM] cost benefit analysis of open digital content

[Susanna Ånäs]

I still lack the go-to resource for arguing and convincing the case. Is
there room for a collection of research documents, or need for a novel
survey?

Susanna

tiistai 8. lokakuuta 2013 Sarah Stierch kirjoitti:

> I think this conversation comes up once every few months :)
>
> I know of an archives that brings in enough money from images they can
> fund a part time position in their digitization department. In the US, a
> part time position would maybe be about $20,000ish.
>
> I pinky swore to never say what archives that is, but, I was pretty
> surprised to hear that. This specific archives does have a very high demand
> collection of modern and historic figures, so at the same time...no
> surprise. Sadly, many of those images are also public domain - you can
> download low res from their website, but, high res you've got to pay the
> price.
>
> -Sarah
> who could go on and on and on about this all day long.
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Proffitt,Merrilee <proffitm at oclc.org<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'proffitm at oclc.org');>
> > wrote:
>
>> Here's another one in the "no one gets rich" category, although probably
>> not exactly what you are looking for.
>>
>> Erway, Ricky. 2008. Seeking Sustainability. Report produced by OCLC
>> Programs and Research
>>
>> http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/research/publications/library/2008/2008-03.pdf
>>
>> You might also contact Simon Tanner and see if his research has been
>> updated at all. I believe he still tracks this area.
>>
>> Merrilee Proffitt, Senior Program Officer
>> OCLC Research
>>
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>> I look forward to seeing if anyone can point to some current cost
>> analysis.
>>
>> This older article by Ken Hamma provides some historical context.  See,
>> especially, footnote 6.
>> http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november05/hamma/11hamma.html#!
>>
>> David
>>
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>> David Farneth
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>> >>> "Harkema, Craig" <craig.harkema at usask.ca <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
>> 'craig.harkema at usask.ca');>> 10/7/2013 1:27 PM >>>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I'm wondering if any of you have come across anything regarding the cost
>> benefit of opening up digital content? In other words, I'm curious about
>> just how much organization make off of charging for high res files, for
>> example, versus the accounting, general overhead, rescanning, and so forth
>> that is required? Which is not to mention any of the barriers to use
>> charging fees such as this imposes.
>>
>> Craig
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