Formula for converting

Y'all are great.  I needed a good giggle. 

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Pat Vince
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-----Original Message-----
From: IMAGELIB [mailto:IMAGELIBLISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] On
Behalf Of
Margaret Graham
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 6:49 AM
To: IMAGELIBLISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject: Re: Formula for converting

Excellent, Tom! I might add:

+ [(preservation costs/institutional priorities)x(staff
turnover in IT 
dept.)]


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Margaret Graham
Digital Resources Archivist
Drexel University College of Medicine
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Blake, Tom wrote:
> {[(linear feet) x (administrative imperative)2] x
[1/(item level
> records)]/(distinct material formats)/metadata staff
hours] x [public
> domain items/(orphaned works - copyrighted
materials]/(risk
> assessment)2] x [(unbound flat items < 11x17)/4) +
(bound pages/2) +
> (tightly bound pages) + (3 dimensional items x 4)]} x
net value of
> donor/300 dpi
> 
> 
> :0)
> 
> Thomas Blake
> Digital Imaging Production Manager
> Boston Public Library
> 700 Boylston St.
> Boston, MA 02116
> 617 859-2039
> 
> Any opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily
those of my
> employer -- but they should be.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IMAGELIB [mailto:IMAGELIBLISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] On
Behalf Of Pat
> Vince
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 7:00 PM
> To: IMAGELIBLISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
> Subject: Formula for converting
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Is there a formula for converting linear feet of
special collection's
> material to time and cost to digitize?
> 
> Seems I remember reading a 1999/2000 article that
included a formula.
> Any help is appreciated
> 
> --
> Pat Vince
> Digital Initiatives Librarian
> The Libraries of The Claremont Colleges
> 800 N. Dartmouth
> Claremont, CA 91711
> (909) 607-0496
> http://ccdl.libr
aries.claremont.edu/
> =3D20
>