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Toward a Multi-Consortial Government Documents Digitization Trust

Explore the roadmap towards a multi-consortial approach for digitizing government documents. Dive into the costs, funding sources, and potential partners involved in this ambitious project.

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Toward a Multi-Consortial Government Documents Digitization Trust

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  1. Toward a Multi-Consortial Government Documents Digitization Trust GWLA Government Documents Steering Committee

  2. “Gang of Nine” GWLA: Rick Clement & Joni Blake CDL: Tom Leonard & Ivy Anderson CIC: Wendy Lougee & Mark Sandler ASERL: Judy Russell & John Burger HATHI: John Wilkin

  3. Path to Public Availability

  4. Hub-and-Spoke Centers for Content Collection and Cataloging

  5. How Big Is It? • 2.2-ish Million Items in Total • 1.5 – 2 Million Items in Print • 792,645 Unique Title Records in OCLC • Doesn’t include ‘black hole’ of uncataloged items

  6. How Big Is It? • 2.2-ish Million Items • 2 Million Items in Print • -250,000 Completed by CIC • -25,000 Completed by TRAIL • -?# Completed by Commercial Enterprises • 1.5-ish Million Items

  7. What Will It Cost? • Google Scanning: ?? • Internet Archive: 8-15¢/page • TRAIL’s Average: 13-16¢/page • TRAIL’s Average Pages/Item: 85 • 1.5M * 85 * 15 = $19,125,000Does not include a project coordinator, shipping, cataloging, etc.

  8. Back of the Envelope Math • $20 Million • 5Y: Need $4M/year • 10Y: Need $2M/year • Participating Institutions • 100? (4 Consortia) • 150? • 200?

  9. Back of the Envelope Math

  10. Possible Funding Partners • CLIR • IMLS • Sloan • Mellon • GPO • Google NEXT STEPS: Gang of Nine to meet in Minneapolison May 17 and ALA/Anaheim in June. Stay tuned formore info!

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