The HTRC is the beginnings of an service providing a computable interface to
some of the content of the HathiTrust.
On a side note, the shear number of programatic interfaces to bibliographic
information coupled with the increasing availability of full text access is
creating an enormous
For a good time, I started playing with the HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC)
and the Great Books Of The Western World.
The HTRC is the beginnings of an service providing a computable interface to
some of the content of the HathiTrust. A couple of people from the Center came
to visit Notre
Eric, I'm planning a similar but not identical bit of work based on the
Open Library. In my case, we are hoping to produce MARC records that
libraries can include in their own catalogs for open access books.
Because this is aimed at public libraries, we are looking for popular
reading, as well
