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Overview
› Began in 2008› Large scale digital preservation
repository› Partnership of major research libraries› Focus on both preservation and access› Global collaboration
Governance
› Executive director› Executive committee› Strategic advisory board› Working groups› Partner institutions› Hosting locations are U. of Michigan
and Indiana U.
What is included?
› Partners with Google scanning› Internet archive volumes› Microsoft digitized content› Locally digitized content
Comprehensive collection
› All languages, all publications› Moving into born-digital› Piloting image content› Pilot on audio content› 80% of all published works in the next
three years (worldwide)
Mission
› Primarily preservation› No preservation without access› Collection coordination on a worldwide
scale› Sustainable cost and governance model
Not a dark archive
› Text searchable at the very least› “Dark” archive deposits not accepted› Intent is to continue opening up content› Fullest use under copyright law
Access
› Hathi partners› U.S. vs worldwide› Print on demand› Disabilities use› Section 108 preservation copy
1870
› Searchable› Full text viewable worldwide› Full PDF download if not scanned by
Google› Print on demand worldwide› Print disabilities worldwide/Hathi
partners
1871-1923
› Searchable› Full text viewable U.S. only› Full PDF download U.S. only if not
scanned by Google› Print on demand U.S. only› Print disabilities U.S. only/Hathi
partners
In copyright
› Searchable› No full text views anywhere› No PDF download anywhere› Print disabilities – U.S. Hathi partners› Section 108 available, Hathi partners
must determine their own legal risk
Copyright initiatives
› Grant from IMLS› Researching orphan works 1923-1963› Creative Commons license option for
rightsholders› International copyright status
Future plans
› 2011 constitutional convention› Re-indexing to improve search of non-
Latin script› New metadata management system› Collection development
Impact in Interlibrary Loan
Everybody hates “Search only”
International copyright confusion
Links vs. PDF
What are your thoughts?