Primary Research Group Inc. has published the Survey of Library & Museum Digitization Projects, 2016 Edition, ISBN 978-1-57440-365-7 

The study looks at how 61 academic, public and special libraries, museums and historical societies organize their collection digitization efforts.  The study gives highly detailed data on spending, budgets, uses of staff time, digitization volumes and back logs and much more.  The study helps its readers to answer questions such as: how much digitization is done in-house? How much is outsourced?  If outsourced, which companies are favored suppliers?  How much are organizations spending on digitization? How much of their staff time is spent on issues of cataloging and metadata? How much is spent on collection marketing?  What kind of equipment is being used and what are future plans for equipment? Also covered: crowdsourcing, use of blogs and social media, online showcases and exhibits and much more. 

Just a few of the study’s major findings are that: 
•	More than 60% of those responding had little to no experience with the preservation or enhancement of existing digital formats.
•	Special libraries had the largest budget of the four groups represented with a mean of $500,855.
•	The average number of people spending part of their day on digitization projects was 3.94.
•	Special libraries and college/university libraries were more likely than museums or public libraries to outsource (64.29% and 62.5% vs. 28% and 50%).
•	On average, 36.2% of digitization work was outsourced to third parties.
•	Most of those surveyed felt that staff labor spent on digitization would stay about the same (50.82%) but more than 40% felt that staff labor spent on digitization would increase or increase significantly.  Few expected decreases.

Study participants include: 

Ackland Art Museum, Adler Planetarium, Albion College, Cambridge University Library, Campbell Historical Museum, Center for Jewish History, Center for Western Studies of Augustana University, Chetham's Library, Clatsop County Historical Society, Colorado State Library, Connecticut Historical Society, Dakota Wesleyan University, DuPage County Historical Museum, Eastern Oregon University, Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont. Fondazzjoni Kreattivitá, Fort McMurray Historical Society, George Fox University, Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex, Hatfield Historical Museum, High Point Museum Historical Society, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Internet Archive, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Library Company of Philadelphia, Lloyd's Register Foundation, Mahoning Valley Historical Society, Museum of Art and Archaeology, National Library of Scotland, National Naval Aviation Museum, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Olivet Nazarene University, PARADISEC, Plainfield Public Library, Plano Public Library System, Red Men Museum and Library, Richard I Bong Veterans Historical Center, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Royal Holloway, University of London, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Sheldon Museum of Art, Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Swift Current Museum, TownsWeb Archiving, Tulsa City-County Library, UAM Library, Union College, University of Central Lancashire, University of Limerick, University of Utah, University St Mark and St John, Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, USC, Villanova University, Wellcome Library, Western Carolina University, Western New England University, Wigan Archives, Zoological Society of London


For further information view our website at www.PrimaryResearch.com.

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