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October 14, 2008
The 78 Terabyte Digital Library
ArsTechnica recently posted an article about the launching of a digital repository that spans 78 terabytes of storage space. HathiTrust is the result of the collaboration of multiple research universities. The repository is similar to GoogleBooks in many ways, but what is special is that it represents intense collaboration. HathiTrust is monumental in size and ambition, and it illustrates the potential that lies in collaborative efforts towards accessiblity. For us, this provides another opportunity for the sharing of scholarly information. In an effort this massive, scholarly communication via open access channels can gain more prominence, giving open access a chance to show what it can do.
-Posted by Anna Galyon
Posted by colldev at October 14, 2008 02:10 PM