Mass Digitization Overview
The UC Libraries are digitizing millions of books from their collections through participation in mass digitization projects with Google and the Internet Archive. These projects expand the UC Libraries’ ability to give faculty, students and the public access to information and support our exploration of new service models.
The CDL Mass Digitization Group provides project planning, coordination, and technical leadership for both mass digitization and 
HathiTrust projects. This work encompasses a broad spectrum of activities and responsibilities: leadership in UC relationships with our digitization partners, creation and maintenance of technical standards and processes, guidance to UC library operational locations, information sharing across the UC Libraries, and stewardship of UC’s digital copies of our books.
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| Heather Christenson | Project Manager |  |
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| Paul Fogel | Technical Lead | |
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| Andrew Mardesich | Programmer | |
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Guides and Frequently Asked Questions
- UC Mass Digitization FAQ
- UC Library Reprints Service
- UC Libraries and HathiTrust FAQ
- Workflow for Contributing Internet Archive-Digitized Volumes Into the HathiTrust: A Guide for the UC Campus Library [PDF]
- UC Libraries Statement Regarding the Federal Court Decision on the Proposed Google Books Amended Settlement Agreement
Presentations and Reports
- The Story of the Digital Book [video]
- HathiTrust Rights Status Assignment Process: Updates and Recommendations, April 12, 2010 [PDF]
- Mass Digitization at the University of California, UC Davis, Heather Christenson, February 23, 2010 [PPT]
- Massively Digitizing UC Collections, SLASIAC Meeting, May 9, 2009 [PPT]
- Mass Digitization, Google, and the HathiTrust: Re-envisioning (and Re-purposing) Collections, Ivy Anderson, April 10, 2009 [PPT]
- Massively Digitizing UC Library Collections Google, Microsoft, and More, Heather Christenson & Ivy Anderson, April 2008 [PPT]
- Book Discovery in Mass Digitized Environment, Heather Christenson & Steve Toub, Digital Library Federation Fall Forum 2007
Mass Digitization "In the News"
Please note that CDL cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of information reported by the media.
- Rare Oceanography Collections at UCSD Now Digitized, Library Journal, 5/27/2010
- UC library books are being turned into bits
- UC libraries partner with Google to digitize books. Aug. 9, 2006 Press Release
- Google books scanning pays off for scholars, KGO-TV San Francisco, January 21, 2008 [VIDEO]
- UC Santa Cruz Library Goes Digital, KSBW Santa Cruz [VIDEO]
- UCSD Joins with Google to Digitize Books, KPBS San Diego, April 2, 2008 [AUDIO]
