HathiTrust Has Posted Their March, 2011 Activities Update

Access the complete update here. A PDF version is also available.

Topics Include:

• TRAC Certification
• Open Webinar
• IMLS Quality Grant

You’ll also read about HT developing a print holdings database. Here’s a part of the post:

HathiTrust has been working to design and populate a database of information representing the print holdings of all partner institutions. This database will serve a number of important functions:

• It will support analysis of the overlap of institutions’ print holdings with digital holdings in HathiTrust – this information is required in order to implement the new financial model.
• It will form a foundation for the expansion of legal uses of materials in HathiTrust (e.g. services to users with print disabilities) by partner institutions.
• It will facilitate collaborative collection development and management operations.

To date, approximately 119.5 million rows of data have been received from partners, with each row representing one copy of a single volume monographic print item that is (or previously was) held at a partner institution.

Also Included in the Update:

• An Ingest Update
• Reports from Working Groups
• Development Updates
• April Forecast
• HathiTrust Technology Spotlight

Number of volumes added during March, 2011

Public Domain (~26%)

* This count includes volumes already in the repository to which rights holders have newly opened access

Access the complete update here. A PDF version is also available.

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