Phase 1 of the Shared Print Program officially launched in June 2017 and continued through September 30, 2017. At the close of the phase, 16 million monographs were retained, which represents 4.8 million individual titles. Almost 50 member libraries signed the Shared Print Agreement (MOU) which recognizes their continued support of the program by retaining shared print volumes for 25 years (through December 31, 2042).
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Phase 1 Planning, Updates, and Reports
A wide variety of HathiTrust partner libraries have volunteered to participate in Phase 1 of the Shared Print Program. These include libraries at universities and colleges from across the United States and from Canada and Australia.
During Phase 1, these libraries will play two primary roles:
- Serve as planning partners with the HathiTrust Shared Print Advisory Committee (SPAC) to finalize the policies, business model and MOU that will govern the HathiTrust Shared Print Program, and
- Work with HathiTrust to identify which of the library’s matching print monograph holdings the library will agree to retain.
At the end of Phase 1 (estimated spring/summer 2017), the libraries will have an opportunity to review the final policies and MOU and then to make a decision about going forward with the proposed retention commitments.
As of September 2017, Shared Print Retention Libraries Participating in Phase 1:
Arizona State University
Brandeis University
Brown University
Bryn Mawr College
Claremont Colleges
Colby College
Columbia University
Duke University
Emory University
Georgia Tech University
Getty Research Institute
Harvard University
Indiana University
Iowa State University
Johns Hopkins University
Lafayette College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McGill University
New York Public Library
Northwestern University
Ohio State University
Princeton University
Swarthmore College
Syracuse University
Tufts University
University of Alberta
University of Calgary
University of California, Merced
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of California Northern Regional Library Facility (NRLF)
University of California Southern Regional Library Facility (SRLF)
University of Chicago
University of Delaware
University of Florida
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
University of Iowa
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of Missouri
University of Notre Dame
University of Pennsylvania
University of Queensland
University of Texas at Austin
University of Virginia
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Washington University, St. Louis
Yale University
Phase 1 Planning, Updates, and Reports
Shared Print Update: On to Phase 2! (Feb 16, 2018) (slides)
Phase 1 libraries informational webcast (Sept 21, 2016) and slides
Phase 1 libraries orientation (Nov 2, 2016) (slides)
50 HathiTrust member libraries committed to retain more than 16 million volumes for 25 years. These volumes correspond to more than 4.8 million individual book titles held in the HathiTrust Digital Library (about 65% of all HathiTrust digital monographs).
