Comments on: Building a Scanning Studio from Scratch http://librarydigitalprojects.com/2008/12/09/building-a-scanning-studio-from-scratch/ supporting research in digital libraries & usability Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:12:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dave http://librarydigitalprojects.com/2008/12/09/building-a-scanning-studio-from-scratch/comment-page-1/#comment-5919 Dave Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:40:28 +0000 http://librarydigitalprojects.com/?p=165#comment-5919 So many of the standards, best practices and tech recommendations are geared toward large institutions with big budgets. I have found that small (usually public) libraries often don't know how to get started on a small scale. This should be a good resource for those types of organizations. Thanks. So many of the standards, best practices and tech recommendations are geared toward large institutions with big budgets. I have found that small (usually public) libraries often don’t know how to get started on a small scale. This should be a good resource for those types of organizations. Thanks.

]]> By: Steve McCann http://librarydigitalprojects.com/2008/12/09/building-a-scanning-studio-from-scratch/comment-page-1/#comment-5757 Steve McCann Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:40:16 +0000 http://librarydigitalprojects.com/?p=165#comment-5757 <b>Update</b>: I asked OCLC if they had any feedback on CONTENTdm licenses for smaller institutions and below is what they offered. Thanks to Michelle for allowing me to post this: As we discussed, OCLC now offers the power of CONTENTdm at an affordable price. As requested by smaller Institutions, departments within larger organizations, and groups wanting a scalable path to get started, the Quick Start option would be ideal to get started easily and includes: • A hosted environment providing secure and cost-effective systems support • Full OCLC support • No hosting setup fee • All future releases of the CONTENTdm software • Participation in a highly active user community (listserv and user groups meetings) • Full access to the online User Support Center (with step-by-step tutorials for collection building) • Metadata harvesting to WorldCat The price of the CONTENTdm Quick Start subscription is per year. The price includes 3 acquisition stations all with JPEG2000 with an item limit of 3,000 and storage of 10 GBs. If more space is needed in either levels, an upgrade to a Level I license would be the next step where we would then discount. To review: Option A: Quick Start: New Annual Subscription - 3,000 item limit, 3 Project Client stations with JPEG2000. Upgrade credit of 3,000 given when at the limits of this package are outgrown Option B: Level I License Purchase, Hosting Service, and ongoing maintenance estimates - 10,000 item limit with 50 Project Client stations all with JPEG2000. For even more information, I encourage you to go to our <a href="http://www.oclc.org/us/en/contentdm/about/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CONTENTdm Web site</a>. This would be a great option to consider for a department implementation while you work on funding and presenting to your system. Please let me know if you have any questions, or how I can be of assistance in your digital management plans. Michelle Phipps OCLC Inc. Inside Digital Services Consultant 800-848-5878 x4301 614-718-7145 fax Update: I asked OCLC if they had any feedback on CONTENTdm licenses for smaller institutions and below is what they offered. Thanks to Michelle for allowing me to post this:

As we discussed, OCLC now offers the power of CONTENTdm at an affordable price. As requested by smaller Institutions, departments within larger organizations, and groups wanting a scalable path to get started, the Quick Start option would be ideal to get started easily and includes:
• A hosted environment providing secure and cost-effective systems support
• Full OCLC support
• No hosting setup fee
• All future releases of the CONTENTdm software
• Participation in a highly active user community (listserv and user groups meetings)
• Full access to the online User Support Center (with step-by-step tutorials for collection building)
• Metadata harvesting to WorldCat

The price of the CONTENTdm Quick Start subscription is per year. The price includes 3 acquisition stations all with JPEG2000 with an item limit of 3,000 and storage of 10 GBs. If more space is needed in either levels, an upgrade to a Level I license would be the next step where we would then discount.

To review:
Option A: Quick Start: New Annual Subscription – 3,000 item limit, 3 Project Client stations with JPEG2000. Upgrade credit of 3,000 given when at the limits of this package are outgrown
Option B: Level I License Purchase, Hosting Service, and ongoing maintenance estimates – 10,000 item limit with 50 Project Client stations all with JPEG2000.
For even more information, I encourage you to go to our CONTENTdm Web site. This would be a great option to consider for a department implementation while you work on funding and presenting to your system.
Please let me know if you have any questions, or how I can be of assistance in your digital management plans.

Michelle Phipps
OCLC Inc.
Inside Digital Services Consultant
800-848-5878 x4301
614-718-7145 fax

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