Eligibility and Agreements
Institutions seeking more information on participation in HathiTrust should contact 734.764.8016 or e-mail feedback@issues.hathitrust.org. For individuals desiring access to repository materials, no membership is required. Please see Searching, Reading, and Building Collections for more information. General information on partnership requirements is provided below.
Becoming A Partner
Who is eligible?
Institutions worldwide. HathiTrust's partnership model is geared primarily towards academic and research libraries with large amounts of digitized book and journal content or substantial print collections. All interested parties are invited to contact us at the email address above.
What legal agreements need to be signed?
A contractual partner agreement must be concluded for partnership. HathiTrust does not have levels of partnership (all partners are partners in equal standing), but there are different contracts for partners joining under the original cost model for content-contributing partners, and the new cost model for "sustaining" partners. Drafts of these contracts are available for download below:
A Permissions Agreement can be used additionally to grant access to works that are not in the public domain. Please contact us with any questions about partnership or if you are interested in joining.
Partnership Checklist
View our Partnership Checklist for a complete list of the items and information needed for new partners.
How much does it cost?
Information about costs is available on the Cost Calculator page.