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Costs of digitizing Nigeria data
zMany volumes have poor quality paper and print
ymimeographed copies of typewritten pages
yskewing, bleed through, strikeovers, text cut off
zGoals of project
yTry to find “tipping point” for digitizing collection vs. digitizing selection of tables
yTest whether lessons learned from relatively clean tables apply to lower-quality print materials
yDetermine how these materials would fit into EGCDL UI
zCost estimates
yConsidering TIFF and PDF for all volumes, flagging good quality volumes for automated conversion to Excel