CDLINFO News: HathiTrust

HathiTrust Mid-Year Review of Achievements & Activities

June 27, 2011  |  Category:  Collection Development,Mass Digitization,Newsletter  |  Author: 

The HathiTrust Communications Working Group has prepared a summary of HathiTrust achievements and activities for the first part of 2011.  Learn details about this year’s activities, including orphan works, new … More

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Perspectives from HathiTrust: John Wilkin on discovery

June 24, 2011  |  Category:  Collection Development,Mass Digitization,Newsletter  |  Author: 

HathiTrust has launched a new blog, Perspectives from HathiTrust.    The first post comes from John Wilkin, Associate University Librarian, University of Michigan, and Executive Director, HathiTrust, on the topic … More

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Position for Metadata Analyst at CDL

June 22, 2011  |  Category:  Discovery & Delivery,Newsletter  |  Author: 

Job Opportunity at the California Digital Library (CDL): Be part of a metadata team shaping the future of discovery & delivery. Position:  Metadata Analyst  (2 positions: 1 filled, 1 open) … More

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HathiTrust May 2011 Update: Orphan Works, New UC Members on Advisory Board and More

June 13, 2011  |  Category:  Collection Development,Mass Digitization,Newsletter  |  Author: 

The May 2011 HathiTrust update has been posted on the HathiTrust website.  This month’s top news items include research on orphan works and new UC members on the Strategic Advisory … More

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CDL HathiTrust Staff in the News: Heather Christenson and Paul Fogel

June 9, 2011  |  Category:  Collection Development,Mass Digitization,Newsletter,Staff News  |  Author: 

In an in-depth interview with CDL’s Heather Christenson, Mass Digitization Project Manager and HathiTrust Project Manager, and Paul Fogel, technical lead for mass digitization and the co-technical lead for the … More

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CDL Opens HathiTrust SFX Target to the broader SFX community

June 1, 2011  |  Category:  Discovery & Delivery,Newsletter,UC-eLinks  |  Author: 

CDL’s Discovery & Delivery group is sharing a way to link to HathiTrust digital resources with other institutions using SFX (the software we use for UC-eLinks). These institutions will have … More

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University of Michigan to Identify Orphan Works in HathiTrust

May 16, 2011  |  Category:  Collection Development,Mass Digitization,Newsletter  |  Author: 

The University of Michigan Library’s Copyright Office is launching the first serious effort to identify orphan works among the in-copyright holdings of the HathiTrust Digital Library, which is funding the … More

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HathiTrust Makes Progress in April 2011

May 13, 2011  |  Category:  Collection Development,Mass Digitization,Newsletter  |  Author: 

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 … More

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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 … More

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HathiTrust Webinar Available Online

May 5, 2011  |  Category:  Collection Development,Mass Digitization,Newsletter  |  Author: 

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 … More

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