HathiTrust members play a significant role in governing by setting strategy, recommending policies, and steering the organization throughout the year. With library leaders and experts as guides, we build trust through close working relationships that help us better identify and respond to changing needs.

Our official governing groups include the Board of Governors and the Program Steering Committee.

Groups & Committees

HathiTrust and its governing bodies also rely on a number of committees, working groups, and task forces. Some of these are standing committees and have long-term appointments, while working groups and task forces are typically devoted to finite tasks with a specific timeline.

Makes recommendations regarding implementation of the U.S. Federal Documents Program. 2016-present.

Recommends policies and procedures to establish and sustain the HathiTrust Shared Print Program. 2016-present.

Selected by each member library to be responsible for voting on the yearly budget and any bylaws changes, as well as electing the Board of Governors.

Completed in 2021, this group focused on developing a contemporary strategy for managing member-contributed metadata that HathiTrust relies on for collections, preservation, discovery, and access.

Completed in 2021, this group was charged with creating a set of sharing policies to address each type of HathiTrust metadata as outlined in the metadata sharing policy.

Completed in 2023, this group addressed the importance of ongoing strategic collection development and created the Collection Development Principles.

Completed in 2021, this group considered user needs related to engaging with HathiTrust collections and services and made recommendations to improve HathiTrust support for member libraries in engaging users.

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