MORE 'HATHITRUST' POSTS
New: Resource Packet on Orphan Works: Legal and Policy Issues for Research Libraries
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News
Prepared by Prudence Adler (ARL), Jonathan Band (policybandwidth), Brandon Butler (ARL) Direct to Full Text (17 pages; PDF) From the Intro: The resource packet on legal and policy issues concerning orphan works provides general information concerning orphan works, the University of Michigan’s Orphan Works Project, an FAQ, and a legal memorandum by Jonathan Band, policybandwidth, […]
A must read for anyone interested in the lawsuit filed yesterday. Professor Grimmelmann (New York Law School) provides background, key facts, and then analysis. Here’s one paragraph from the blog post: The libraries had to have seen this coming. I’m sure that their general counsel have been stockpiling memos on the scans since 2004, and […]
Authors Guild, Australian Society of Authors, Quebec Writers Union Sue Five U.S. Universities
| Academic Libraries, Awards, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Open Access
From an Authors Guild News Release: The Authors Guild, the Australian Society of Authors, the Union Des Écrivaines et des Écrivains Québécois (UNEQ), and eight individual authors have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in federal court against HathiTrust, the University of Michigan, the University of California, the University of Wisconsin, Indiana University, and Cornell University. […]
EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) Adds HathiTrust Data
| Data Files, EBSCO, News, Patrons and Users, Preservation, Publishing, Resources
A few minutes ago that EBSCO formally announced that HathiTrust data will soon be accessible via the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). Today’s announcement from EBSCO comes after an OCLC announcement yesterday that HathiTrust data will be directly accessible to users of WorldCat and WorldCat. We will be on the lookout for similar announcements from other […]
HathiTrust Full-Text Index to Be Integrated Into OCLC Services
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From OCLC: OCLC and HathiTrust have signed an agreement that will allow OCLC to integrate the HathiTrust full-text index into OCLC services, enabling member libraries and their users to more easily discover resources from this important digital collection through WorldCat. Under this new agreement, OCLC will be able to integrate the full-text index of HathiTrust […]
Four new features are now live for users when conducting research using HathiTrust full text search database and collection builder tool. The Full-text Search index now includes bibliographic data, which is being used to: Improve results ranking Allow users to refine results using bibliographic facets Remember, a large number of items (including domain titles) from […]
At the moment 27 items listed but that’s sure to change. Direct to Orphan Works Candidates Search Interface. Here’s a link to an actual record. A link to the full record is located below the “about this book” header. On the UX, results pages, and on individual records you’ll see this text: If you are […]
University of Florida Libraries Join the HathiTrust Digital Library and Expand Digital Access to Orphan Works
| Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Publishing, Resources
What follows is the second HathiTrust new member announcement this week. The other day we mentioned that Notre Dame had joined the group. From a UFL Blog Post by Barbara Hood: The University of Florida (UF) George A. Smathers Libraries joined the HathiTrust Digital Library, a partnership of major research institutions and libraries working to ensure […]
Notre Dame Joins HathiTrust
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From a Notre Dame News Release: The University of Notre Dame has become the newest member of HathiTrust, a partnership of major academic and research libraries collaborating in compiling a massive digital library. Notre Dame’s Hesburgh Libraries is a sustaining member and will work toward digitizing its unique collections. [Clip] Membership in HathiTrust is an […]
U. of Michigan Library Users Will Soon Have Internet/Searchable Access to Thousands of Orphan Works in HathiTrust Database
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From The University Record Online: U-M Library users soon will have access to digital versions of some of the thousands of orphan works held in common by the U-M Library and the HathiTrust Digital Library. Making these works available in HathiTrust will render them fully searchable, viewable, and accessible to U-M researchers wherever there is […]
