Events & Webinars

View the webinar recording in which colleagues from the University of Iowa and Harvard University libraries introduce their use of the Accessible Text Request Service (ATRS), which supports the academic needs of an oft-marginalized group in higher education.

April 21, 2025

This spring, HathiTrust seeks nominations to fill five positions on the Program Steering Committee, as well as up to five positions on the New Member Welcome Committee.

March 19, 2025

In this webinar, Project LEND will share in-depth findings from expansive user research. Project LEND is a landmark research project to investigate the potential for expanded lawful use of digitized books held by academic and research libraries. Webinar will include a high-level discussion of legal and technical considerations based on environmental scan and analysis.

October 23, 2024

The 2024 Annual Member Meeting will take place on Thursday, October 17, 2024.

October 10, 2024

The Research Center facilitates text and data mining uses of the HathiTrust corpus which contains over 18 million items digitized by partner libraries. Workshops led by HTRC staff allow attendees with a range of skill levels the opportunity to gain experience with tools and data from HTRC.

October 8, 2024

HathiTrust staff are packing their bags and headed to various conferences in June and July! Look for them in San Diego, Toronto, and Lansing.

June 18, 2024

Catch up on HathiTrust's new Strategic Vision in this recording of the June 13 webinar featuring Mike Furlough, Executive Director, HathiTrust and Claire Stewart, Past Chair, HathiTrust Board of Governors and Dean of Libraries,  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

June 17, 2024

Join Executive Director, Mike Furlough, and Past Chair of the Board, Claire Stewart, to hear about the ambitious agenda of work, focused on HathiTrust's unique strengths and potential, and based on a purposeful recommitment to its foundational mission.

June 17, 2024

HathiTrust is seeking new members for the HathiTrust User Support team. This is a great opportunity for member library employees to get involved with the day-to-day work of HathiTrust. Interested member library employees should apply using this form. Nominations are due by Friday, June 28, and training occurs in August.

June 14, 2024

Since early 2023, HathiTrust has been conducting an in-depth Strategic Visioning process based on member participation and final plans are forthcoming. HathiTrust will shortly announce a new Strategic Vision with collection-focused directions and objectives for a 3-5 year horizon. At the core of HathiTrust is a belief that academic libraries benefit by collaborating and sharing […]

March 20, 2024