Category: Mass Digitization
HathiTrust Makes Progress in April 2011
An update on HathiTrust Activities has been posted at http://www.hathitrust.org/updates_april2011 In addition to new functionality for its PageTurner application in April, improving the way volumes in the repository can be viewed and used (announced earlier in CDLINFO, other highlights this […]
Viewing HathiTrust Books Just Got Better
Would you like to scan the contents of a book at a glance? This is now possible with HathiTrust’s upgrade to its pageturner functionality. The recent enhancements were developed collaboratively by CDL’s Stephanie Collett and staff at the University of […]
HathiTrust Webinar Available Online
Is your 52 volume set of Voltaire checked out but someone else needs to use it? HathiTrust to the rescue! Want to learn more about HathiTrust, how it’s governed, what it contains and how people use it? HathiTrust partners participated […]
Heather Christenson In Print
CDL’s Heather Christenson has published an article in Library Resources & Technical Services (LRTS) entitled, “HathiTrust; A Research Library at Web Scale.” The article, in vol. 52 (2), pages 93-102, discusses the challenges digitized collections present to research libraries. Congratulations, Heather!
Five UC Campuses now Shibboleth Enabled, Making Downloading of HathiTrust Materials Easier
Five University of California campuses, UC Berkeley, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced and San Diego, are now Shibboleth enabled for access to HathiTrust advanced services. Shibboleth is open source software for web single sign-on across or within organizational boundaries. It allows […]
GBS at the Crossroads: What Now, What Next?
One year ago last February just days before the Google Books Settlement Fairness Hearing, I wrote a blogpost fancifully titled Hurtling Toward the Finish Line: Should the Google Book Settlement Be Approved? In the ensuing weeks and months as we […]
Google Books Amended Settlement Agreement Decision: UC and HathiTrust Responses
The UC libraries have issued a statement on the March 22, 2011 federal court decision regarding the proposed Google Books Amended Settlement Agreement. The statement is available on UC’s Reshaping Scholarly Communication website: http://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/google/settlement_decision.html HathiTrust’s response is available at http://www.hathitrust.org/hathitrust_asa_response
HathiTrust WorldCat Local Discovery Tool
Today, OCLC and HathiTrust announced the release of a WorldCat Local-based interface for the HathiTrust Digital Library, currently containing more than 4 million records. The discovery interface is available at http://hathitrust.worldcat.org and will be updated on a regular basis. (Links […]
HathiTrust: 2010 Year in Review
By Heather Christenson, CDL HathiTrust Project Manager A special edition HathiTrust newsletter highlighting 2010 achievements and activities is now available. 2010 was quite a momentous year for our partnership; the membership of HathiTrust doubled to 52 institutions, and we’re approaching […]
Digital library’s global, local services
The California Digital Library’s (CDL) success in elevating the digital library to be expansively global and deeply local has been demonstrated this fall in its launching of an array of pioneering resources that support activities in all corners of research […]