HathiTrust Digital Library is a large-scale collaborative repository of digital content from research libraries including content digitized via Google Books and the Internet Archive digitization initiatives, as well as content digitized locally by libraries.
HathiTrust was founded in October 2008 by the twelve universities of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation and the eleven libraries of the University of California.[4] The partnership includes over 60 research libraries[5] across the United States, Canada, and Europe, and is based on a shared governance structure. Costs are shared by the participating libraries and library consortia.[6] The repository is administered by the University of Michigan.[7] The executive director of HathiTrust is Mike Furlough.[8] The HathiTrust Shared Print Program is a distributed collective collection whose participating libraries have committed to retaining almost 18 million monograph volumes for 25 years, representing three-quarters of HathiTrust digital book holdings.[9]
In September 2011, the Authors Guild sued HathiTrust (Authors Guild, Inc. v. HathiTrust), alleging massive copyright violation.[10] A federal court ruled against the Authors Guild in October 2012, finding that HathiTrust's use of books scanned by Google was fair use under US law.[11] The court's opinion relied on the transformativeness doctrine of federal copyright law, holding that the Trust had transformed the copyrighted works without infringing on the copyright holders' rights. That decision was largely affirmed by the Second Circuit on June 10, 2014, which found that providing search and accessibility for the visually impaired were grounds to consider the service transformative and fair use, and remanded to the lower court to reconsider whether the plaintiffs had standing to sue regarding HathiTrust's library preservation copies.[12]
In October 2015, HathiTrust comprised over 13.7 million volumes, including 5.3 million in the public domain in the United States. HathiTrust provides a number of discovery and access services, notably, full-text search across the entire repository. In 2016 over 6.17 million users located in the United States and in 236 other nations used HathiTrust in 10.92 million sessions.[13]
As of 2021, the copyright policy states that "many works in our collection are protected by copyright law, so we cannot ordinarily publicly display large portions of those protected works unless we have permission from the copyright holder", and thus "if we cannot determine the copyright or permission status of a work, we restrict access to that work until we can establish its status. Because of differences in international copyright laws, access is also restricted for users outside the United States to works published outside the United States after and including 1896."[14]
PageTurner
PageTurner is the web application on the HathiTrust website for viewing publications.[15] From PageTurner readers can navigate through a publication, download a PDF version of it, and view pages in different ways, such as one page at a time, scrolling, flipping, or thumbnail views.[15][16]
Emergency Temporary Access Service
The Emergency Temporary Access Service[17] (ETAS) is a service provided by HathiTrust that makes it possible in certain special situations, such as closure of a library for a public health emergency, for users of HathiTrust member libraries to obtain lawful access to copyright digital materials in place of the corresponding physical books held by the same library through the controlled digital lending model.
Etymology
Hathi, pronounced "hah-tee", is the Hindi word for "elephant", an animal famed for its long-term memory.[18]
References
^"2018 Member Meeting" (PDF). hathitrust.org. October 2018. p. 56. (PDF) from the original on 2019-01-18. Retrieved 2018-12-31. Slides in PDF.
^ ab"Technological Profile". hathitrust.org. from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
^"Access and Use Policies". hathitrust.org. from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
^Karels, Liene (November 2010). . umich.edu. Archived from the original on 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
^"HathiTrust Partnership Community". hathitrust.org. from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
^"Cost". hathitrust.org. from the original on 2019-01-18. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
^"Governance". hathitrust.org. from the original on 2019-06-21. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
^"HathiTrust Staff". hathitrust.org. from the original on 2019-06-21. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
^"Shared Print Program | www.hathitrust.org | HathiTrust Digital Library". www.hathitrust.org. from the original on 2019-11-27. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
^Bosman (September 12, 2011). "Lawsuit Seeks the Removal of a Digital Book Collection". The New York Times. from the original on December 19, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
^Albanese, Andrew (11 October 2012). "Google Scanning Is Fair Use Says Judge". Publishers Weekly. from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
^Authors Guild v. HathiTrust, (2d Cir. June 10, 2014 August 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine).
^Zaytsev, Angelina (February 2017). "14 Million Books & 6 Million Visitors: HathiTrust Growth and Usage in 2016" (PDF). hathitrust.org. (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-24. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
^"Trust copyright policy - restrictions on access". Archived from the original on July 26, 2011.
^ abMeltzer, Ellen (May 9, 2011). "Viewing HathiTrust books just got better". cdlib.org. California Digital Library. from the original on June 21, 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
^"HathiTrust User's Guide" (PDF). hathitrust.org. May 2012. p. 8. (PDF) from the original on 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
^"Emergency Temporary Access Service". HathiTrust Digital Library.
^"Launch of HathiTrust: Major Library Partners Launch HathiTrust Shared Digital Repository" (Press release). HathiTrust. October 13, 2008. from the original on August 19, 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
Further reading
Christenson, Heather (April 29, 2011). "HathiTrust: A Research Library at Web Scale". Library Resources & Technical Services. 55 (2): 93–102. doi:10.5860/lrts.55n2.93. ISSN 2159-9610.
Helft, Miguel (October 13, 2008). "An Elephant Backs Up Google's Library". The New York Times. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
"Major Library Partners Launch HathiTrust Shared Digital Repository". hathitrust.org. Retrieved 2019-06-21. Official press release from 13 October 2008.
January 20, 2023
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Not to be confused with HATII HathiTrust Digital Library is a large scale collaborative repository of digital content from research libraries including content digitized via Google Books and the Internet Archive digitization initiatives as well as content digitized locally by libraries HathiTrustType of siteDigital libraryOwnerUniversity consortiumRevenueUS 3 777 445 2019 projections for proposal 1 URLhathitrust wbr orgCommercialPartially 2 LaunchedOctober 2008Current statusActiveContent licensePublic domain with restrictions on Google scans various 3 Written inPerl Java 2 Contents 1 History 2 PageTurner 3 Emergency Temporary Access Service 4 Etymology 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksHistory EditHathiTrust was founded in October 2008 by the twelve universities of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation and the eleven libraries of the University of California 4 The partnership includes over 60 research libraries 5 across the United States Canada and Europe and is based on a shared governance structure Costs are shared by the participating libraries and library consortia 6 The repository is administered by the University of Michigan 7 The executive director of HathiTrust is Mike Furlough 8 The HathiTrust Shared Print Program is a distributed collective collection whose participating libraries have committed to retaining almost 18 million monograph volumes for 25 years representing three quarters of HathiTrust digital book holdings 9 In September 2011 the Authors Guild sued HathiTrust Authors Guild Inc v HathiTrust alleging massive copyright violation 10 A federal court ruled against the Authors Guild in October 2012 finding that HathiTrust s use of books scanned by Google was fair use under US law 11 The court s opinion relied on the transformativeness doctrine of federal copyright law holding that the Trust had transformed the copyrighted works without infringing on the copyright holders rights That decision was largely affirmed by the Second Circuit on June 10 2014 which found that providing search and accessibility for the visually impaired were grounds to consider the service transformative and fair use and remanded to the lower court to reconsider whether the plaintiffs had standing to sue regarding HathiTrust s library preservation copies 12 In October 2015 HathiTrust comprised over 13 7 million volumes including 5 3 million in the public domain in the United States HathiTrust provides a number of discovery and access services notably full text search across the entire repository In 2016 over 6 17 million users located in the United States and in 236 other nations used HathiTrust in 10 92 million sessions 13 As of 2021 the copyright policy states that many works in our collection are protected by copyright law so we cannot ordinarily publicly display large portions of those protected works unless we have permission from the copyright holder and thus if we cannot determine the copyright or permission status of a work we restrict access to that work until we can establish its status Because of differences in international copyright laws access is also restricted for users outside the United States to works published outside the United States after and including 1896 14 PageTurner EditPageTurner is the web application on the HathiTrust website for viewing publications 15 From PageTurner readers can navigate through a publication download a PDF version of it and view pages in different ways such as one page at a time scrolling flipping or thumbnail views 15 16 Emergency Temporary Access Service EditThe Emergency Temporary Access Service 17 ETAS is a service provided by HathiTrust that makes it possible in certain special situations such as closure of a library for a public health emergency for users of HathiTrust member libraries to obtain lawful access to copyright digital materials in place of the corresponding physical books held by the same library through the controlled digital lending model Etymology EditHathi pronounced hah tee is the Hindi word for elephant an animal famed for its long term memory 18 References Edit 2018 Member Meeting PDF hathitrust org October 2018 p 56 Archived PDF from the original on 2019 01 18 Retrieved 2018 12 31 Slides in PDF a b Technological Profile hathitrust org Archived from the original on 16 June 2016 Retrieved 12 May 2016 Access and Use Policies hathitrust org Archived from the original on 16 June 2016 Retrieved 12 May 2016 Karels Liene November 2010 HathiTrust adds new members goes global umich edu Archived from the original on 2014 03 02 Retrieved 2019 06 21 HathiTrust Partnership Community hathitrust org Archived from the original on 5 September 2015 Retrieved 28 August 2015 Cost hathitrust org Archived from the original on 2019 01 18 Retrieved 2019 06 21 Governance hathitrust org Archived from the original on 2019 06 21 Retrieved 2019 06 21 HathiTrust Staff hathitrust org Archived from the original on 2019 06 21 Retrieved 2019 06 21 Shared Print Program www hathitrust org HathiTrust Digital Library www hathitrust org Archived from the original on 2019 11 27 Retrieved 2019 12 18 Bosman September 12 2011 Lawsuit Seeks the Removal of a Digital Book Collection The New York Times Archived from the original on December 19 2012 Retrieved November 1 2012 Albanese Andrew 11 October 2012 Google Scanning Is Fair Use Says Judge Publishers Weekly Archived from the original on 15 October 2012 Retrieved 11 October 2012 Authors Guild v HathiTrust 2d Cir June 10 2014 Archived August 8 2014 at the Wayback Machine Zaytsev Angelina February 2017 14 Million Books amp 6 Million Visitors HathiTrust Growth and Usage in 2016 PDF hathitrust org Archived PDF from the original on 2017 02 24 Retrieved 2019 06 21 Trust copyright policy restrictions on access Archived from the original on July 26 2011 a b Meltzer Ellen May 9 2011 Viewing HathiTrust books just got better cdlib org California Digital Library Archived from the original on June 21 2019 Retrieved 2019 06 21 HathiTrust User s Guide PDF hathitrust org May 2012 p 8 Archived PDF from the original on 2017 01 09 Retrieved 2019 06 21 Emergency Temporary Access Service HathiTrust Digital Library Launch of HathiTrust Major Library Partners Launch HathiTrust Shared Digital Repository Press release HathiTrust October 13 2008 Archived from the original on August 19 2019 Retrieved 2019 06 21 Further reading EditChristenson Heather April 29 2011 HathiTrust A Research Library at Web Scale Library Resources amp Technical Services 55 2 93 102 doi 10 5860 lrts 55n2 93 ISSN 2159 9610 Helft Miguel October 13 2008 An Elephant Backs Up Google s Library The New York Times Retrieved May 12 2018 Miller Matthew Choi Gilok Chell Lindsay 2012 Comparison of Three Digital Library Interfaces Open Library Google Books and Hathi Trust Proceedings of the 12th ACM IEEE CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries New York Association for Computing Machinery pp 367 368 doi 10 1145 2232817 2232894 ISBN 978 1 4503 1154 0 Walker Diane Parr 2012 HathiTrust Transforming the Library Landscape Indiana Libraries 31 1 58 64 ISSN 2164 0475 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to HathiTrust Wikidata has the property HathiTrust ID P1844 see uses Official website Major Library Partners Launch HathiTrust Shared Digital Repository hathitrust org Retrieved 2019 06 21 Official press release from 13 October 2008 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HathiTrust amp oldid 1131513999, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
