I had no idea how much time, money and effort it took to digitize history. After reading this chapter of the book I have come to realize that there is no way I ever want to take part in the processes of digitization. The chapter was broken down into eight chapters:

1. Introduction
2. Why Digitize the Past? Costs and Benefits
3. Digitizing Text: What Do You Want to Provide?
4. To Mark Up, Or Not To Mark Up
5. How to Make Text Digital: Scanning, OCR, and Typing
6. Digital Images
7. Audio and Moving Images
8. Who Does the Digitizing? Should You Do It Yourself?

Each chapter covered the various aspects of digitizing documents and the processes that go into turning analog items into digital ones. Chapter 5 through 7 in particular are the most technically informative chapters. These chapters explain the different formats that are in use currently and the pro’s and con’s of the programs in place along with the equipment that is necessary to accomplish digitization of analog items. The final chapter explains the reasons for outsourcing the task of digitizing compared to doing it in house. I know that if this task is placed on me after reading this chapter I will try to outsource it unless of course I can’t afford it which is one of the arguments for doing it yourself if it is a small project.