Hi Eric and others,
Belatedly, let me add that we are currently exploring ways of exposing and
making searchable the subsets of HathiTrust volumes that overlap with
individual partner library collections. It is also possible to do some
analysis (though not robust searching) using data from the hathifiles and
comparison with local holdings. If partners would like reports on holdings,
or have questions they can send requests to
feedb...@issues.hathitrust.org(or use the feedback link at the top
right of any HT page, as Jonathan
Rochkind pointed out).
Thanks,
Angelina Zaytsev
Project Librarian, HathiTrust
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Karen Coyle wrote:
> I'm not the original poster, but I've run into this before in terms of
> linking library holdings to digital versions. There are a few reasons I can
> think of for doing this linking:
>
> 1) Your library is a selection of works that you think will best serve
> your readers. The library catalog is not the only place they should look,
> but it is a useful first place to look.
> 2) Other functions, like your courseware, link to your catalog;
> discovering additional copies in this way is useful (of course, this
> assumes they aren't running a service like Umlaut, right?)
> 3) if you don't have a good record of what was digitized from your
> library, HathiTrust might be the best source of that
>
> One of the big problems that I see with mass digitization and the access
> to those items is the loss of the role of the library in
> selection/collection building. I suppose if you are in a huge library like
> Harvard the collection is so large that it almost approaches "whatever."
> For smaller libraries, and with certain user populations, the mass of
> digitized texts is overwhelming. A library like Harvard assumes highly
> sophisticated users; when you combine Harvard and Michigan and California
> together you get a library that few of us can function in. I think the
> challenge for us now is to make that huge collection usable by folks other
> than a few experts.
>
> kc
>
>
> On 8/3/12 11:26 AM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote:
>
>> Not an answer to your question, but if you want to share I'm curious what
>> your use case is where you want to limit to items your library owns.
>>
>> If HathiTrust has em in fulltext -- why would it matter to your patrons
>> if your library has a print copy or not? And if HT does not have them in
>> fulltext still, why would it matter to your patrons if your library has
>> a print copy or not?
>> __**__
>> From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Eric
>> Lease Morgan [emor...@nd.edu]
>> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 11:07 AM
>> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>> Subject: [CODE4LIB] haititrust
>>
>> If I needed/wanted to know what materials held by my library were also in
>> the HaitTrust, then programmatically how could I figure this out? In other
>> words, do you know of a way to query the HaitTrust and limit the results to
>> items my library owns? --Eric Lease Morgan
>>
>
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>
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