An Elephant in the Library!
Big Ten schools, including Indiana University, are among a group of the nation's largest research libraries who are collaborating to create a repository of their vast digital collections, including millions of books. These holdings will be archived and preserved in a single repository called the HathiTrust. Hathi, the Hindi word for elephant, evokes memory, wisdom, and strength.
Launched jointly by the 12-university consortium known as the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC - the CIC is composed of Big Ten schools and the University of Chicago) and the 11 university libraries of the University of California system, HathiTrust leverages the libraries' time-honored commitment to preservation and information access. Materials in the public domain will be available for reading online.
The HathiTrust is an exciting development. It will be interesting to see what RT/TR resources will be made available through the HathiTrust.
Launched jointly by the 12-university consortium known as the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC - the CIC is composed of Big Ten schools and the University of Chicago) and the 11 university libraries of the University of California system, HathiTrust leverages the libraries' time-honored commitment to preservation and information access. Materials in the public domain will be available for reading online.
The HathiTrust is an exciting development. It will be interesting to see what RT/TR resources will be made available through the HathiTrust.
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