As part of our efforts to make our collections more easily accessible during this time, UBC Library is excited to announce our participation in the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS).
Through this service, UBC students, faculty and staff will have access to nearly 750,000 digitized items from UBC Library’s print collections, as well as continued access to more than 6.7 million public domain and Creative Commons-licensed works in the HathiTrust Digital Library.
HathiTrust is a not-for-profit collaborative of academic and research libraries that provides access to a digital preservation repository with lawful access to more than 17 million digitized items. Earlier this spring, HathiTrust introduced its Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS), which allows students, faculty, and staff from eligible member libraries to have online reading access to materials that are physically unavailable due to restrictions accessing print collections during the COVID-19 outbreak.
“The HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service is a huge benefit for UBC Students and Faculty continuing their research and studies, providing digital access to approximately 750K items held in UBC Library’s print collections unavailable anywhere else,” says Sheldon Armstrong, UBC Library’s Associate University Librarian, Collections.
How does this service work?
- Only those books that HathiTrust has verified as belonging to UBC Library’s print collections will be accessible through the service.
- While the ETAS is operational, physical copies of UBC Library books held in ETAS will not be available for order through UBC Library’s Materials Pick-up service. The number of copies available through HathiTrust for each book coincides with the number of print copies UBC Library owns in its print collections.
- When checking out an item, users will have 60 minutes of access to the book during any session. If users remain active in the book during any session, access time will be extended.
- HathiTrust enables reading access to the book online, within a web browser. Books checked out through HathiTrust cannot be downloaded in full; however, individual pages may be downloaded.
- Only UBC Library students, faculty, and staff are permitted access to eligible items when logged-in to HathiTrust.
- Once access to UBC Library’s print collections is fully reinstated, access to in-copyright materials through this service will end.
How to access the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service
- The Library has incorporated HathiTrust ETAS links to digitized copies of print titles into its catalogue.
- Click on the orange Online Access button in a record for an item, this will lead to a CWL Authentication login page. Once the login is successful (duo authentication is required), the user will proceed to the title in HathiTrust ETAS.
- Click on either “Catalog Record” or “Temporary Access.”
- If more than one volume or copy has been digitized, “Catalog Record” will need to be clicked first. From the following screen click on “Temporary Access” (the Institution where the digital copy was created will be listed).
- If only one item has been digitized, “Temporary Access” appears right away, and you can click there immediately.
- From the next screen a yellow banner at the top of the screen will read “Access to this work is provided throught the Emergency Temporary Access Service.
- Click the “Check Out” button.
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- From anywhere on the HathiTrust website, click the yellow LOG IN
- Find and select “University of British Columbia” in the list of partner institutions.
- Log in with your CWL login and password.
- When you have successfully logged in, you will be returned to the HathiTrust website.
- Enter your search terms in the search bar and select the “Search HathiTrust” button to submit your search.
Get started by visiting the HathiTrust website now. If you have questions about the service or require support, please contact Sheldon Armstrong (sheldon.armstrong@ubc.ca).
This project is part of UBC Library’s strategic direction to inspire with innovative spaces and services.
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