Category: Mass Digitization
The Richness of the UC Libraries Revealed in Reprints
The UC Libraries are happy to announce the re-launch of the University of California Library Reprints website! Through our partnerships with the Internet Archive and Google, the UC Libraries have digitized hundreds of thousands of public domain books from our […]
UC Davis Joins Google Book Digitization Project
By Heather Christenson, CDL, & Karleen Darr, UC Davis In June 2013, the UC Davis Library began sending public domain (out-of- copyright) books and journals to be digitized as part of UC’s partnership in the Google Books Library Project. UC […]
UC Libraries partner with DPLA via HathiTrust
As announced today, HathiTrust Digital Library collections, including over 400,000 UC volumes, will be discoverable within the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) project. Of HathiTrust’s nearly 11 million volumes, the 3.5 million that are in the public domain or […]
HathiTrust May 2013 Update
May brings changes and challenges to HathiTrust as you can read in the May newsletter. This issue includes the following: A message from Executive Director John Wilkin on his appointment as the Dean of Libraries at the University of Illinois. […]
HathiTrust April 2013 Update
By Heather Christenson, Project Manager, Mass Digitization The HathiTrust April 2013 Update is now available. Several important new developments are announced in the newsletter: Service to support access for users with print disabilities at partner institutions Updated, enhanced HathiTrust web presence […]
HathiTrust Services for Users With Print Disabilities
By Heather Christenson, Project Manager, Mass Digitization In an important new development, HathiTrust now provides a way for the UC campuses to offer full view of some of the in-copyright books in HathiTrust to our print disabled patrons. A designated […]
10,000,000 HathiTrust Records Now Have Clear Labels in Melvyl
In response to user feedback from the UC community, OCLC has relabeled more than 10,000,000 Melvyl (WorldCat Local) records making it easy to distinguish if a digitized work in HathiTrust is available in full text or for limited viewing only. […]
CDL Webinars for Users Council – And you!
Here’s an excellent and easy opportunity to broaden your knowledge of some of the projects CDL and the campuses are working on. CDL recently hosted a webinar series for Users Council that’s now widely available to UC staff. (The CDL’s […]
Two Enhancements from HathiTrust: Interface Redesign and Research Center Tools
Redesigned Website By Heather Christenson, Project Manager, Mass Digitization HathiTrust has released an updated, fresh design and new features for its website. The latest design incorporates feedback submitted by HathiTrust users and input from HathiTrust’s User Experience and Communications working groups. We encourage […]
HathiTrust March 2013 Update
By Heather Christenson, Project Manager, Mass Digitization Spring is here and the March HathiTrust update is hot off the press. The news includes: A reminder about submitting nominations for the Program Steering Committee A report on the HathiTrust Research Center’s […]