Anyone willing & able to run this?

https://github.com/luiseduardobr1/hathitrustPDF

We're trying to get a #PDF of this book off #HathiTrust:

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/101928659

Friday fun fact: #HathiTrust member library affiliates can download these ridiculous clip art books from the University of Minnesota libraries. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=%22clip+art%22+&searchtype=title&ft=ft&setft=true

#ClipArt #CutAndPaste #Zines

#HathiTrust Receives 5-Year, $1 Million Grant From Mellon Foundation https://www.infodocket.com/2023/02/07/funding-hathitrust-receives-5-year-1-million-grant-from-mellon-foundation/ #libraries #digitallibraries

I went on to #HathiTrust on #PublicDomainDay, and noticed something I should mention. Looking up the now-available "The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century" (1927) by Charles Homer Haskins, the link still says "Limited (search-only)". But if you click on it, you now get the full text:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=The%20renaissance%20of%20the%20twelfth%20century;field1=ocr;a=srchls;facet=format%3A%22Book%22&facet=bothPublishDateRange:%221920-1929%22

#HathiTrust Provides Sneak Peek of Material Entering Public Domain on January 1, 2023 https://www.infodocket.com/2022/12/16/hathitrust-provides-sneek-peek-of-material-entering-public-domain-on-january-1-2023/ #publicdomain

Nice success story about a book published in 1955, digitized by #Google, hosted by the #HathiTrust, and opened up by the consent of the author's grandniece, after a genealogical investigation for living kin.
https://blog.google/products/search/how-one-digital-book-led-to-an-important-covid-19-discovery/

But it shouldn't have to be this hard.

@chaprot Using the #HathiTrust search it looks like the name Wandalbert peaks in use between pages 50-65, so that's what I'll grab

Is there a way to report bad data in #HathiTrust? This search links to two Google-digitized versions of the same report...neither of which is the primary report. (These are the same supplement.) https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=%22%20Warrior%20(Cargo%20ship)%22&type=subject&inst=

I was looking for the original report, but I wonder if the metadata error meant that the original report wasn't digitized.

Annual report of the Librarian of Congress (1866–2007)

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000072049

A fascinating compliation for those who find this sort of thing fascinating.

Beginning in 1866, the Librarian of Congress was charged with submitting an annual report to Congress. These provide a record into the evolution, growth, and operations of the largest print archive the world has ever known.

Details include the physical characteristics of the library itself, finance, staffing, donations, literary events, Copyright Office operations, and the status and change in holdings of the Library itself over time. There are also frequently profiles of various individuals associated with books, publishing, and libraries, e.g., the profile of of Richard Rodgers Bowker in the 1926 report: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015019393555&view=2up&seq=43&skin=2021

At least by the 1950s (and possibly earlier), acquisitions are detailed by Library of Congress Classification, giving at least some insight into what growth in published knowledge was occurring at the time.

More recent reports are available at the LoC itself:

https://www.loc.gov/about/reports-and-budgets/annual-reports/

My recommendation would be to dip-and-sample, or go to specific years and/or Librarians of interest.

Hathi's interface isn't the best, but it's serviceable. For full downloads, visit Google Books, otherwise Hathi offers only the currenlty visible page, which is ... only one of many highly annoying aspects of Hathi.

(I've not yet checked to see if LibGen / ZLibrary has this. Archive Org seems to have individual volumes, though not the entire set as a structured collection: https://archive.org/search.php?query=Annual+report+of+the+Librarian+of+Congress&sin=)

HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31421398

#LibraryOfCongress #Libraries #AnnualReports #HathiTrust