HathiTrust’s Past, Present
and Future
Short- and Long-term Functional Objectives
Short-term
• Page turner mechanism (and Mobile!)
• Branding (overall initiative; individual libraries)
• Format validation, migration and error-checking
• Development of APIs that will allow partner libraries to access information and integrate it into
local systems individually
• Access mechanisms for persons with disabilities
• Public ‘Discovery’ Interface for HathiTrust
• Ability to publish virtual collections
• Mechanism for direct ingest of non-Google content
Long-term
• Compliance with required elements in the Trustworthy Repositories Audit and Certification (TRAC)
criteria and checklist
• Robust discovery mechanisms like full-text cross-repository searching
• Development of an open service definition to make it possible for partner libraries to develop other
secure access mechanisms and discovery tools
• Support for formats beyond books and journals
• Development of data mining tools for HathiTrust and use by HathiTrust of other analysis tools from
other sources
mobile
Short- and Long-term Functional Objectives
Short-term
• Page turner mechanism
• Branding (overall initiative; individual libraries)
• Format validation, migration and error-checking
• Development of APIs that will allow partner libraries to access information and integrate it into
local systems individually
• Access mechanisms for persons with disabilities
• Public ‘Discovery’ Interface for HathiTrust
• Ability to publish virtual collections
• Mechanism for direct ingest of non-Google content
Long-term
• Compliance with required elements in the Trustworthy Repositories Audit and Certification (TRAC)
criteria and checklist
• Robust discovery mechanisms like full-text cross-repository searching
• Development of an open service definition to make it possible for partner libraries to develop other
secure access mechanisms and discovery tools
• Support for formats beyond books and journals
• Development of data mining tools for HathiTrust and use by HathiTrust of other analysis tools from
other sources
Governance
Budget, Finances
Decision-making
Policy
Enterprise
Management
Repository
Administration
Repository
Administration
Communication
and Coordination
with partner
institutions
Hardware
configuration and
maintenance
Data management
(content storage,
backup, integrity
checks, deletion)
Project
management
Planning
Web and
application server
configuration and
maintenance
Security
Hardware selection
and replacement
Content and
Metadata
specifications
Permissions
Rights
Management
Bibliographic
Data
Management
Copyright
determination
Entity description
(record-level)
Copyright review
Object
identification
(item-level)
Copyright
information
management
(database)
Data availability
Collection
Development
Digital
• Expansion beyond
books and journals
(born-digital,
images and maps,
audio)
• Selection of
content (for nonGoogle volume
ingest and pilots
projects)
Print
• Cloud Library (effect
of digital on print)
Rightsholder
permissions
Disaster Recovery
Logging
Processes for
ensuring content
integrity
e-Commerce
Print on Demand
Content Ingest
Content Access
Quality
Assurance
User Services
Transformation
PageTurner
Quality Review
Usability
Validation
Collection Builder
Content
Certification
User support
(helpdesk)
Large-scale Search
Financial
contributions
of partners
Research Center
Bibliographic
Catalog
APIs
HathiTrust Functional
Framework
Outreach
Project website
Monthly
newsletter
Papers and
presentations
Communication
with potential
partners
Surveys, general
inquiries
Repository
evaluation and
audit (e.g.,
DRAMBORA,
TRAC)
Legal
Risk management
(use of materials)
Partner
agreements
Advocacy
A global change in the library environment
60%
Academic print book collection already substantially
duplicated in mass digitized book corpus
50%
% of Titles in Local Collection
June 2010
Median duplication: 31%
40%
30%
20%
June 2009
Median duplication: 19%
10%
0%
0
20
40
60
80
Rank in 2008 ARL Investment Index
100
120
A global change in the library environment
60%
Academic print book collection already substantially
duplicated in mass digitized book corpus
50%
% of Titles in Local Collection
June 2010
Median duplication: 31%
40%
30%
20%
June 2009
Median duplication: 19%
10%
0%
0
20
40
60
80
Rank in 2008 ARL Investment Index
100
120
For public domain volumes:
(PD*X*C)/N
For a given incopyright volume:
IC=(C*X)/H
Public Domain Cost
PD * X *C
PublicDomainCost =
= $10,332.31
N
PD = PublicDomainWorks = 2, 620, 054
X = SurplusModifier = 1.5
C = AveCostPerVolume = $0.163
N = NumberOfMembers = 62
IC Single-part Monographs
$80,000.00
$70,000.00
$60,000.00
Cost (USD)
$50,000.00
$40,000.00
$30,000.00
$20,000.00
$10,000.00
$0.00
1
3
5
7
9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53 55 57 59 61
Member
IC Serials
$160,000.00
$140,000.00
$120,000.00
Cost (USD)
$100,000.00
$80,000.00
$60,000.00
$40,000.00
$20,000.00
$0.00
1
3
5
7
9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53 55 57 59 61
Member
All Costs
$250,000.00
Cost (USD)
$200,000.00
$150,000.00
mono
serial
$100,000.00
PD
$50,000.00
$0.00
1
3
5
7
9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53 55 57 59 61
Member
A “surprise” 1m volumes
PD * X *C
PublicDomainCost =
= $3,943.55
N
PD = PublicDomainWorks = 1000000
X = SurplusModifier = 1.5
C = AveCostPerVolume = $0.163
N = NumberOfMembers = 62
Publisher Relations and Publishing
• Making it possible for rights holders to open
access to works
• Making it possible for publishers to deposit
digital masters for archiving (and open access)
• Making it possible to publish directly into
HathiTrust
Uses of in-copyright materials
•
•
•
•
Services for users with print disabilities
Section 108-related work
Orphan works
… and of course other cases with permission
of the rights holder
HathiTrust Content Growth
Changing the way we work
• Pooling resources to solve a common problem
once
• Applying resources from our individual
institutions to collectively attack a common
problem
• Coordinated and collective action (e.g., best
practices)
Thank you!