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I think it is important to factor in the cost of handling the
materials.  If you are shooting slides onto film, you have
to handle the copywork, the book or periodical from
which you are shooting, log it in to some system.
If you are sending slides out for scanning, you have
to factor in getting the slides in order for scanning,
color correcting, rotating, offloading into your system,
conversion of the digital files into viewable file formats,
transfer onto your server, etc.

You can always estimate $1.00 per slide for the scan
itself. The real costs come in handling the digital scans.

Maryly Snow
ArchitectureSlide Library

adrienne varady wrote:

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> Hello All,
>
> I've been asked to provide the cost to reproduce an image for film vs.
> digitized image. I can figure the price for film but since our library
> has never digitized images via out-sourcing, I can't knowledgeably
> answer the question. I know there are a lot of variables with regard to
> the numbers of slides to be digitized and the company doing the work,
> but is there an average price?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Adrienne Varady
> Visual Resources Curator
> DAAP Library
> University of Cincinnati
>
> Tel: 513.556.0279
> FAX: 513.556.3006