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"As a library serving a Hispanic and Minority Serving Institution, we value HathiTrust’s inclusivity, particularly through accessible formats. This partnership aligns with our vision of being a welcoming space where technology and personalized service empower students for lifelong learning and responsible citizenship."

February 13, 2025

HathiTrust's Top Titles of 2024 includes ice cream, doll-making, "Passing," and U.S. government proceedings on school bussing and labor.

February 11, 2025

With only one known print copy in existence, "A Domestic Cook Book" is part of a HathiTrust Digital Library's collection of African American Cookbooks.

February 7, 2025

A year in U.S. history known more for its failings, 1929 also brought forth literary achievements that have now entered the public domain.

January 8, 2025

Our featured titles recognize the specter and celebrations of this particular holiday season.

December 20, 2024

We are launching a multi-year project to develop a resource sharing service to expand modes of lawful access to in-copyright works, a key objective in our strategic vision.

December 9, 2024

Our commitment to providing access to those with print disabilities means we won't back away from fixing the 96 issues discovered in our recent accessibility audit with our partner, Deque.

August 2, 2024

It's always summer somewhere! This July, we recognize not only the traditional shells, cones, and frigid confections of a typical summer, but also the fiery lines of a poet memorializing an early civil rights march.

July 18, 2024

Hear from Dr. Ana Lučić, Staff Research Scientist at the Illinois Applied Research Institute, on her project to computationally discern peritext from core work in titles in the HathiTrust Digital Library.

July 12, 2024

In May, HTRC held its first hackathon at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as part of a National Endowment for the Humanities-funded project investigating programmatic access to metadata within the digital library.

July 8, 2024