Your caption can go here. Discussion and Summary Cost is the lurking variable of digitization. The point of digitization is to make materials more widely available, yet the very processes by which artifacts are digitally preserved may present their own barriers to accessibility. Each step of the process represents a trade-off, of which archivists must be aware. Resources Project." Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America 29 (2): (accessed August 31, 2015) Capell, Laura "Digitization as a Preservation Method for Damaged Acetate Negatives: A Case Study." The American Archivist 73, (1): (accessed August 31, 2015). Cohen, Noam "Claiming a copyright on Marx? How uncomradely." New York Times, May 01, (accessed September 3, 2015). Eklund, Janice L "Cultural Objects Digitization Planning: Metadata Overview." Visual Resources Association Bulletin 38, no. 1: Library Literature & Information Science Full Text (H.W. Wilson), EBSCOhost (accessed September 3, 2015). Gertz, Janet "Should You? May You? Can You?" Computers In Libraries 33, no. 2: Library Literature & Information Science Full Text (H.W. Wilson), EBSCOhost (accessed September 2, 2015). Kennedy, Rachel and Peter Macauley. "Large-scale Acquisitions: The Story of Ian McLaren’s Collection, Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2015." Vol. 46, No. 1, 39–51, National Archives and Records Administration “Research.” (accessed September 3, 2015). Prelinger, Rick. "Points of Origin: Discovering Ourselves through Access." The Moving Image 9, no. 2 (2009): (accessed September 1, 2015). Schlosser, Melanie. "Unless Otherwise Indicated: A Survey of Copyright Statements on Digital Library Collections." College & Research Libraries 70, no. 4 (07, 2009): Seales, W. Brent, and George V. Landon "The museum and the media divide: Building and using digital collections at the instituto de cultura puertorriquena." D-Lib Magazine 11, (5). (accessed September 2, 2015). Terry, Jenni "Copyright reform and Orphan Works." College & Research Libraries News 72, no. 6: 362. Library Literature & Information Science Full Text (H.W. Wilson), EBSCOhost (accessed September 3, 2015). van Hooland, Seth, Eva Méndez Rodríguez and Isabelle Boydens. "Between Commodification and Engagement: On the Double-Edged Impact of User- Generated Metadata within the Cultural Heritage Sector." Library Trends 59, no. 4 (2011): (accessed September 1, 2015). Velarde, Daniel. "Illusion and Achievement in Open-Access Digitization." Feliciter Issue no.3, 2013, Vol. 59 Zastrow, Jan. "The Digital Archivist. Crowdsourcing Cultural Heritage: 'Citizen Archivists' for the Future." Computers In Libraries 34, no. 8: (2014) Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed September 2, 2015). Cost Driven Issues Introduction Digitization is a key tool in the quest to preserve archival materials and make them accessible to the public. However, the digitization process can be quite expensive (Bockrath et al., 2010), forcing smaller institutions to weigh the financial burden of every step. These choices may raise barriers to the availability of digitized materials to the public at large. This leads to the question: How does the cost digitization affect user access? Digitization Process 1.Conservation review 2.Metadata collection 3.Digital capture 4.Editing of the digital images 5.Adding metadata to digital image 6.Backup and packaging of images 7.Distribution and rights (Bockrath et al., 2010; Capell, 2010) Digitized Archival Material, **Some Restrictions Apply** Jacob Brintzenhoff, Chloe Kie, Rachel Nutter, Tyler Williams University of Pittsburgh, School of Information Sciences Methodology Selected a topic and research question Searched Project Muse, JSTOR, Library Literature and Information Science databases and selected journal sites for academic and trade publications. Analyzed literature to answer the research question. Discoverable? Metadata creation and management is a costly step in digitization Existing terminology cannot adequately represent collections User tagging may increase discoverability but requires vetting Available? Physical condition of archival materials Damaging materials vs. added value of digital copy Physical materials are unavailable or hard to access after digitization Usable? Variability and Confusion over Fair Use Awareness of Collection Donor Relations and Motivations Orphan Works and Due Diligence Litigation is possible even with Fair Use Claims and Due Diligence