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In early 2020, the Copyright Review Program began a new project to review government documents for crown copyright, including UK, Australia, and Canadian government works. This work was accomplished through the contributed time of 15 individuals from 10 member libraries in Canada and the U.S. The team recently celebrated the project completion after many rounds […]

April 19, 2023

After three years, we have decided to wind down the HathiTrust Slack Community. Beginning March 23 we will no longer monitor or post on the main #General channel. However, the active channels used by several user support teams will remain — the Digital Object Quality Content  (#DOQC) and and Bibliographic Correction Groups (#BCG). These groups […]

April 19, 2023

HathiTrust has updated  its OAI feed, which is used by members to harvest HathiTrust records in order to integrate them into their catalog or analyze for research purposes. Any members or users will want to update automatic harvesting processes to account for the new URLs as the HathiTrust records will be removed from the U-M Library […]

April 19, 2023

HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) recently updated the Data Capsule tool to include a new feature that enables users to share their data capsules as customized templates. Users can fine-tune their data capsule to their exact needs such as including additional software, models, scripts, and outside data, which they can save as a customized template. The template can […]

April 19, 2023

HathiTrust recently welcomed new members to a refreshed HathiTrust Federal Documents Advisory Committee (FDAC), which will bring new HathiTrust member library perspectives to the U.S. Federal Documents Program. The group will focus on collective strategies to solve shared challenges such as collaborative digitization of federal documents; methods and operations to characterize, improve, and enhance the quality […]

April 19, 2023

The Annual Report of the HathiTrust User Support Team pulls back the curtain on how these members contribute time and expertise to supporting HathiTrust patrons around the world.

April 19, 2023

HathiTrust will partner with the University of California in Project LEND (Library Expansion of Networked Delivery), a groundbreaking two-year research project supported by The Mellon Foundation.

April 19, 2023

Damon Jaggars, Vice Provost and Dean of University Libraries at The Ohio State University, joins the HathiTrust Board of Governors.

April 19, 2023

HathiTrust, a member-based organization hosted by the University of Michigan, has received a 5-year, $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to fund a multi-year effort to strengthen its preservation and access mission. The funding will initially finance three new positions to develop an integrated program of assessment, analytics, and portfolio management for the HathiTrust […]

February 7, 2023