Time Costs to Digitize Print Agricultural Serial Publications

Variation in Results of Three Biology‐Focused Search Engines: A Case Study Using North American Tree Species

“…This may be related to the availability of digital versions of published works, and the pace of digitizing older published works. One analysis of older agricultural experiment station reports that involved digitizing the content, conducting quality control assessments, and making these available in an online bibliographic service, suggested that each publication required over one hour of time to convert from print to digital format (McGeachin 2018). Therefore, organizations that own or manage older collections certainly must consider the time and cost of making these available via the Internet.…”