The Baylor University Libraries have joined the Library of Congress and a group of more than 50 leading research universities in a partnership with HathiTrust, a collaborative digital archive initiative that will enhance research resources available to the Baylor community.
HathiTrust was established in 2008 when the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, the libraries of the University of California system and the University of Virginia established a repository to archive and share digital collections. The HathiTrust Digital Library already includes more than 7.2 million volumes digitised by Google, Microsoft, partner libraries and other organisations. The collection will continue to expand as member institutions add their digital collections to the repository.
HathiTrust seeks to preserve and provide access to the published record in digital form. By virtue of the Baylor University Libraries entering into this international collaborative digitisation effort during the first wave of HathiTrust's expansion, they will participate in a 'constitutional convention' in 2011 to define the next phase of governance of this effort and shape future directions for the partnership of HathiTrust members.
The Baylor University Libraries connect people with ideas in support of teaching, learning, scholarship and academic distinction. Its central libraries (Moody Memorial and Jesse H. Jones) and special collections libraries (Armstrong Browning Library, The Texas Collection and W.R. Poage Legislative Library) are home to nearly 2.5 million volumes, more than 60,000 serials, and more than 500,000 e-books, e-journals, digital collections and other online research resources.
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