How long does digitization take?
Although UC Merced Library has excellent digitization equipment, digitization is still a complex process that takes considerably more time than, for example, making photocopies. The digitization process is further slowed when: • information resources require copyright-compliance fees (as opposed to falling under fair use). • pages are highlighted, marked up with pen or pencil, torn, taped, folded, or bent by clips (paper, mini, or binder). • the paper on which the book or journal is printed is excessively thin, discolored, or poorly finished. • the quality of the submitted book or article is so poor that the Library must obtain a clean copy either through purchase or interlibrary loan.
