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Frequently Asked Questions About the Large Scale Digitization Project


Q: Is Yale digitizing special collections material as part of the project?

A: Not right now. The project processes cannot handle special collections material at this time. However, we hope Microsoft will be interested in a pilot project.


Q: Is Yale part of the Open Content Alliance?

A: Not at this time, but our contract with Microsoft is non-exclusive and we could do a project with the OCA.


Q: What is the time between the books are digitized and then made available on Microsoft's site?

A: The goal is for the books to be available in three months after digitization. This means books should start appearing in spring 2008.


Q: How long will a book be out for digitization?

A: 6-8 weeks.


Q: What about images?

A: Microsoft and Yale hope to work on making images in books searchable in the future. Images will be available in all books that have images.


Q: Are we digitizing journals or serials?

A: No, we are only digitizing monographs


Q: Will we put links to the books in Orbis? How will we do this?

A: Yes, Microsoft will give us links. We don't have a process for doing this yet.


Q: Could we sell copies of these books?

A: Yes, it is possible we could work with a print on demand service at some point.


Q: Are we getting our own electronic copies of the books?

A: Yes we are getting our own copies.


DPIP's activities are coordinated by the DPIP Core Members:

  • Kathleen Bauer, Usability & Assessment Librarian
  • Karen Kupiec, Head Web Workstation & Digital Consulting Services
  • Frederick Martz, Special Projects Librarian, Integrated Access
  • Jennifer Weintraub, Digital Collections Specialist
For more information on DPIP or help with a digitization project, e-mail us .

DPIP's activities are guided by the members of the DPIP Advisory Working Group.