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HathiTrust Digital Library

HathiTrust Digital Library. Overview ›Began in 2008 ›Large scale digital preservation repository ›Partnership of major research libraries ›Focus on both

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HathiTrust Digital Library

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.

As of December 2010

Total overall

7,439,273 volumes

Public domain (~24%)

1,820,696 volumes

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?

For more Information

www.hathitrust.org

Jeremy York