>> NINCH SYMPOSIUM: April 8, 2003, New York City The Price of Digitization: New Cost Models for Cultural and Educational Institutions A Digitization Symposium Presented by NINCH and Innodata Tuesday April 8, 2003 9:00am-5:00pm The Celeste Bartos Forum New York Public Library Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street New York City Co-sponsored by The New York Public Library and New York University Agenda | Speaker Bios | Resources | Report How does an institution begin to cost a digitization project? What are the elements to be included? Are there available models that can assist? What are the budgetary and structural ramifications when an institution moves from producing digitization projects to implementing a digitization program that is core to the future of the organization and its offerings to its public? When and how does an institution figure out how and what to charge for its digital resources? These are some of the questions to be answered in a free, one-day symposium organized by NINCH in collaboration with Innodata, a NINCH Corporate Council Member. The meeting will feature a keynote address by Donald Waters, Program Officer at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which has encouraged the development of economic models of digital sustainability that include cost and charging models. A panel of speakers, representing commercial vendors and nonprofit projects will report on how costs are determined in text, image digitization and scholarly publishing projects, followed by an examination of the cost considerations of various digital preservation strategies. These panels will be followed by a discussion of the institutional changes that are being wrought as digitization projects are gathered into sustainable programs that are becoming core to the organization. And participants also will hear from those who have been engaged in determining pricing strategies for distributing digital resources in various markets. Confirmed speakers include: Jack Abuhoff Innodata Carrie Bickner New York Public Library Maria Bonn Making of America, University of Michigan Stephen Chapman Harvard University Nancy Harm Luna Imaging Peter Kaufman Innodata Michael Lesk The Internet Archive Tom Moritz American Museum of Natural History Dan Pence Systems Integration Group Steven Puglia National Archives and Records Administration Jane Sledge National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution Christie Stephenson Digital Conversion Services University of Michigan Library Donald Waters The Mellon Foundation Kate Wittenberg Electronic Publishing Initiative, Columbia University This symposium has been organized partly in support of the First Edition of the NINCH Guide to Good Practice in the Digital Representation & Management of Cultural Heritage Materials, and may be the first in a series of symposia on some of the key practical digitization issues faced by cultural and educational organizations. “The Price of Digitization” should prove particularly useful in further developing and updating the information and advice given in the NINCH Guide's sections on cost models and workflow - see the Guide's chapter on "Project Planning" Location and Lunch The symposium will be held in the Celeste Bartos Forum, immediately inside the 42nd Street entrance of the New York Public Library, just off Fifth Avenue. (For a plan, see http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/admin/groundflr.html; for directions, see http://www.nypl.org/research/hours/chssdir.html). Doors open 8:30a.m. While coffee will be served at the two breaks, lunch is on your own: see a list of local places to eat. AGENDA 9:00 AM INTRODUCTIONS Peter B. Kaufman Innodata David Green NINCH 9:15 AM THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE The Economics of Digitizing Library And Other Cultural Materials: A Perspective from the Mellon Foundation. Donald Waters Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 9:45 AM CASE STUDIES: CALCULATING PRODUCTION COSTS Economies of Scale: Lessons Learned from the Making of America IV Project. Maria Bonn Making of America, University of Michigan Luna Imaging: A Manufacturing Model Nancy Harm Luna Imaging Ten Ways to Spend $100,000 on Digitization Dan Pence Systems Integration Group Digitizing History: University Presses and Libraries Peter B. Kaufman Innodata 11:00 AM Break 11:30 AM PRESERVATION COSTS Counting the Costs of Digital Preservation: Is Repository Storage Affordable? Stephen Chapman Harvard University Noon Lunch (on your own; see Local Places to Eat) 1:15 PM FROM PROJECTS TO FULL PROGRAMS: INSTITUTIONAL COST ISSUES Carrie Bickner New York Public Library Tom Moritz American Museum of Natural History Update on Costs Steven Puglia National Archives and Records Administration Re-Engineering the Museum Jane Sledge National Museum of the American Indian 2:40 PM Break 3:00 PM CHARGING THE CONSUMER Expanding Local Programs Through Revenue Generation Christie Stephenson Digital Library Production Service, University of Michigan Sustainability Models for Online Scholarly Publishing Kate Wittenberg Electronic Publishing Initiative, Columbia University 3:45 PM THE ROAD AHEAD: A Final Word Jack Abuhoff Innodata The Future is a Foreign Country Michael Lesk The Internet Archive 4:30 PM Adjourn