Editing Digitization (section)

== Mass digitization ==
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The expectation that everything should be online has led to mass digitization practices, but it is an ongoing process with obstacles that have led to alternatives.<ref name=":103"/> As new technology makes automated scanning of materials safer for materials and decreases need for cropping and de-skewing, mass digitization should be able to increase.<ref name=":103" />

=== Obstacles ===
Digitization can be a physically slow process involving selection and preparation of collections that can take years if materials need to be compared for completeness or are vulnerable to damage.<ref name=":9">Verheusen, A. (2008). Mass digitization by libraries: Issues concerning organisation, quality and Efficiency. ''LIBER Quarterly'', 18(1), 28-38.</ref> Price of specialized equipment, storage costs, website maintenance, quality control, and retrieval system limitations all add to the problems of working on a large scale.<ref name=":9" />

=== Data privacy and security ===
Digitization presents significant challenges related to data privacy and security.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Muktiarni |first1=M |last2=Widiaty |first2=I |last3=Abdullah |first3=A G |last4=Ana |first4=A |last5=Yulia |first5=C |date=2019-12-01 |title=Digitalisation trend in education during industry 4.0 |journal=Journal of Physics: Conference Series |volume=1402 |issue=7 |pages=077070 |doi=10.1088/1742-6596/1402/7/077070 |issn=1742-6588|doi-access=free |bibcode=2019JPhCS1402g7070M }}</ref> As organizations increasingly depend on electronic databases and information systems, their vulnerability to security threats also rises.<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal |last=Duggineni |first=Sasidhar |date=2023-06-02 |title=Impact of Controls on Data Integrity and Information Systems |url=http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.scit.20231302.04.html |journal=Science and Technology |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=29–35}}</ref> The risk of data loss rises and cyberattacks can result in significant financial losses and damage the company’s reputation .<ref name=":5" /> Therefore, there is a need for better cybersecurity measures and protection of data security and privacy to decrease the risks associated with digitization.<ref name=":5" />

=== Successes ===

==== Digitization on demand ====
Scanning materials as users ask for them, provides copies for others to use and cuts down on repeated copying of popular items. If one part of a folder, document, or book is asked for, scanning the entire object can save time in the future by already having the material access if someone else needs the material.<ref name=":103" /><ref name=":9" /> Digitizing on demand can increase volume because time spent on selection and prep has been used on scanning instead.<ref name=":9" />

==== Google Books ====
From the start, Google has concentrated on text rather than images or special collections.<ref name=":9" /> Although criticized in the past for poor image quality, selection practices, and lacking long-term preservation plans, their focus on quantity over quality has enabled Google to digitize more books than other digitizers.<ref name=":103" /><ref name=":9" />