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HathiTrust

Discover the meaning behind the name Hathi, its mission, new leadership, governance, partnerships, programs, and content growth. Find out more on the website and stay updated through monthly newsletters and social media.

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HathiTrust

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  1. HathiTrust Past, Present, and Future A Brief Introduction

  2. The Name • The meaning behind the name • Hathi (hah-tee)--Hindi for elephant • Big, strong • Never forgets, wise • Secure • Trustworthy

  3. Mission • To contribute to the common good by collecting, organizing, preserving, communicating, and sharingthe record of human knowledge • New mission? New meaning? • These are the voyages of … Its 5-year mission … • Beyond digitized books, serials, scores, to -- ???

  4. New Leadership • Executive Director, 2008-2013: John Wilkin • Executive Director, 2014- : Mike Furlough • University of Michigan, Dean of Libraries: • 2007-2013 Paul Courant • 2013- James Hilton

  5. New(ish) Governance Executive Committee Board of Governors Budget/Finances Decision-making Advice on Policy, Planning, Oversight of programs Program Steering Committee

  6. Michigan State University New York Public Library New York University North Carolina Central North Carolina State Northwestern University The Ohio State University Pennsylvania State Princeton University Purdue University Stanford University Syracuse University Texas A&M University Temple University Tufts University Universidad Complutense de Madrid University of Alabama University of Calgary University of California (10 campuses) The University of Chicago University of Connecticut Partnership Allegheny College Arizona State University Baylor University Boston College Boston University Brandeis University California Digital Library Carnegie Mellon University Colby College Columbia University Cornell University Dartmouth College Duke University Emory University Florida State University Getty Research Institute Harvard University Library Indiana University Iowa State University Johns Hopkins University Kansas State Lafayette College Library of Congress Massachusetts Institute of Technology McGill University University of Florida University of Illinois University of Illinois at Chicago The University of Iowa University of Kansas University of Maryland University of Miami University of Michigan University of Minnesota University of Missouri University of Nebraska-Lincoln The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Notre Dame University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh University of Utah University of Virginia University of Washington University of Wisconsin- Madison Utah State University Vanderbilt University Yale University Library

  7. New Partners • Allegheny College • Brown University • Colby College • Temple University • Tufts University • University of Alabama • University of Alberta • University of British Columbia • University of Houston • University of Massachusetts • University of Oklahoma • University of Queensland • University of Tennessee, Knoxville • Wake Forest University

  8. New Relationships • Digital Preservation Network: • HathiTrust intention to become a “replicating node” • Digital Public Library of America: • HathiTrust participating as a content hub • Knowledge Unlatched: Preserving content, providing access • Zephir: California Digital Library providing bibliographic management system

  9. New Programs • Government Documents digitization and registry • Identify corpus of US gov docs • Coordinate, foster digitization efforts • Consider HT role in preservation of born-digital • Quality Certification framework • IMLS grant led by Paul Conway • Metrics and measures of quality • Certification of individual volumes by partners • Rights and Access expansion • Shared Print Archiving support

  10. Collections:what we have

  11. HathiTrust Content Growth

  12. New Collections • 278,766 volumes added in 2013 • 80,000 volumes from Keio University added in January 2014 • 26 libraries contributing content

  13. Language Distribution (1) The top 10 languages make up ~86% of all content * As of September 24, 2011

  14. Language Distribution (2) The next 40 languages make up ~13% of total * As of September 24, 2011

  15. Dates * As of September 24, 2011

  16. How to find out more Web site “About” section: http://www.hathitrust.org/about Twitter: http://twitter.com/hathitrust Monthly newsletter: http://www.hathitrust.org/updates RSS:http://www.hathitrust.org/updates_rss Contact us:feedback@issues.hathitrust.org

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