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In-house Digitisation or Outsource?

In-house pros:

• Development of sound document transfer and digital imaging project experience by "doing it" (project management, familiarity with technology, etc.)

• More control over the entire data creation process as well as handling and storage of fragile and rare originals

• Requirements for sound and image quality, analogue - digital sound conversion, access and scanning can be adjusted as work is proceeding instead of defined up front

• Direct participation in development of sound file, text and image collections that best suits the library organisation and their users

In-house cons:

• Requires large initial and ongoing financial investment in professional equipment, trained staff

• Longer time needed to implement sound data acquisition process and technical infrastructure

• Limited production level

• Staffing expertise not always available

• Institution must accept costs for network implementation, network downtime, equipment failure, training of staff, etc.

• Lack of standards and best practices (cognitive, content descriptors)

Acoustics Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Liebiggasse 5, A-1010 Vienna Phone: 043-1-4277-29500 Fax: 043-1-4277-9296 Email: wad@kfs.oeaw.ac.at http//www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at

Libraries and archives should carefully consider the pros and cons of outsourcing sound, image and video digitisation projects or of conducting them in-house. Below are some points to consider for both strategies

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