[Athen] Document Conversion Costs

[Andre Ryssemus]

I would also add an additional 10-15% to the job. That would cover
maintenance costs, additional overhead when needed, and upgrades.  

Andre Ryssemus
SDCCD/DSPS

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From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Terri Hedgpeth
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 9:16 AM
To: jeano at uwm.edu; Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] Document Conversion Costs

Just as a rule of thumb on a not so concrete or absolute target. When I was
doing document conversion we used the following formula: Number of staff
hours X wages for those staff/students plus materials = basic cost per job.
I think that's the closest you can come to costing out doc conversion jobs.


Terri Hedgpeth
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-----Original Message-----
From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Jean Salzer
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 7:48 AM
To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] Document Conversion Costs

My two cents after completing my first full year of digital conversion:

For me to cost out - and this is minimal as I don't include electrical, copy
costs and such - I'd include the purchase and maintenance costs for

scanners, embossers, computers, software, any other hardware - such as a

comb binder - and then time individuals put in to do whatever is necessary.
I could then do a simple average based on the number of pages

or number of books or the number of students who use the service. Where that
gets me in trouble is I intend to use the equipment for two or three years.
I believe I'd need to have costs and numbers for at least two years before I
could come up with a solid figure. I'm tempted to cost it out based on
student numbers versus pages, because most of our campus related stats are
based on the number of students in any given category.

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