I note that when searching WorldCat <https://search.worldcat.org/> & looking at items that have ebooks (requires registration), that there are often links to works in HathiTrust. I use many of these URLs in {{cite book}} templates, although today I learned that: Volumes published outside the U.S. between 1901-1930 are only made available when someone is attempting to access them from a U.S. IP address.
Peaceray On Thu, Jun 25, 2026 at 8:52 PM Samuel Klein via Wikimedia-l < [email protected]> wrote: > Great idea, Yann! Let's see who a good contact is there, I know there are > Wikimedia contributors who have worked there in the past. > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2026 at 1:23 PM Yann Forget via Wikimedia-l < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> HathiTrust (https://www.hathitrust.org/, HT) hosts a large and very high >> quality collection of documents, mostly old books. Many of them would be >> useful for Wikisource and other Wikimedia projects. However, access is >> often restricted (see their answer below), which hinders getting these >> books, and copying them to Commons. >> >> Access is also restricted to bots, so these books can only be copied one >> by one, which is very impractical. There used to be a small program called >> Hathi Download Helper which was very practical, but HT has changed their >> API, and it doesn't work anymore. Also the command line version of Internet >> Archive Downloader could be used to download books from HT, but it also >> doesn't >> work anymore. >> >> I don't have an account with a US university, which is also a possibility >> to access these books. >> >> Would it be possible that the Wikimedia Foundation contacts HT to form a >> partnership for getting privileged access to these books? >> >> Thanks, >> Yann >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> De : HathiTrust General Support <[email protected]> >> Date: mar. 23 juin 2026 à 00:13 >> Subject: GS-16271 Please make this available for download >> To: Yann Forget <[email protected]> >> >> Spruill Harder commented: >> >> Dear Yann, >> >> Thank you for submitting this request. In the HathiTrust collection, many >> volumes are open for full view for everyone because they are treated as >> being in the public domain worldwide: >> >> - Volumes published in the U.S. in 1930 or earlier >> - Volumes published outside the U.S. in 1900 or earlier >> - U.S. federal government documents >> >> Volumes published outside the U.S. between 1901-1930 are only made >> available when someone is attempting to access them from a U.S. IP address, >> and are otherwise restricted from view. >> >> Volumes published in 1931 or later are restricted from view for everyone >> because they are treated as being under copyright. >> >> For more information about how copyright and access is determined in the >> HathiTrust collection, please see the information on our Copyright and >> Access >> <https://www.hathitrust.org/the-collection/search-access/copyright-access/> >> page. >> >> In the meantime, if you need to access the material, I’d recommend >> pursuing options through interlibrary loan, or through document delivery >> services such as the following: >> >> - TechSearch at the University of Wisconsin, Madison >> <https://wts.wisc.edu/prices> >> - Document delivery services at the New York Public Library >> <http://www.nypl.org/help/research-services/interlibrary-loan> >> - Document delivery services at Columbia University, Morningside >> <https://guides.law.columbia.edu/fbs/documentdelivery> >> - Document delivery services at UCLA >> <https://guides.law.columbia.edu/fbs/documentdelivery> >> >> Please let us know if you have any questions. >> >> Best, >> >> Spruill Harder >> >> HathiTrust User Support >> ------------------------------ >> *Original message sent to HathiTrust User Support:* >> >> *GENERAL FEEDBACK* >> >> Book description or URL: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000483530 >> >> Hi, Please make this work available for download, as it is in the public >> domain both in the USA and in Europe. >> Thank you, Yann Forget >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/RLWXZHKMNN3S5GBRG4IVL2SHRA6OMXJB/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > > > -- > Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/AJ2JGL6PVILF3DIO3NDTVHMRJC3L3G6U/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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