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Toward a Multi-Consortial Government Documents Digitization Trust GWLA Government Documents Steering Committee
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“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
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Path to Public Availability Scanning Available to Public Google Private Contractors Internet Archive Documents Money Expertise & Labor Scanning & Equipment Hathi Trust Inputs
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Hub-and-Spoke Centers for Content Collection and Cataloging
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How Big Is It? O 2.2-ish Million Items in Total O 1.5 – 2 Million Items in Print O 792,645 Unique Title Records in OCLC O Doesn’t include ‘black hole’ of uncataloged items
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How Big Is It? O 2.2-ish Million Items O 2 Million Items in Print O -250,000 Completed by CIC O -25,000 Completed by TRAIL O -?# Completed by Commercial Enterprises O 1.5-ish Million Items
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What Will It Cost? O Google Scanning: ?? O Internet Archive: 8-15¢/page O TRAIL’s Average: 13-16¢/page O TRAIL’s Average Pages/Item: 85 O 1.5M * 85 * 15 = $19,125,000 Does not include a project coordinator, shipping, cataloging, etc.
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Back of the Envelope Math O $20 Million O 5Y: Need $4M/year O 10Y: Need $2M/year O Participating Institutions O 100? (4 Consortia) O 150? O 200?
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Back of the Envelope Math 5 Year10 Year 100 Participants$40,000$20,000 150 Participants$27,000$13,500 200 Participants$20,000$10,000
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Possible Funding Partners O CLIR O IMLS O Sloan O Mellon O GPO O Google NEXT STEPS: Gang of Nine to meet in Minneapolis on May 17 and ALA/Anaheim in June. Stay tuned for more info!
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