About the HathiTrust Copyright Search Pilot Study in Germany

Abstract

The protocol for determining author death dates for digitized books published in Germany (1873-1933) and held in the HathiTrust Digital Library was tested by students in a project seminar. The paper discusses the feasibility of searching without the digital scans of the books, the usefulness of the researched resources and conclusions about the overall process. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]Das Protokoll zur Überprüfung der Sterbedaten von Autoren von in Deutschland publizierten (1873-1933) und digitalisierten Büchern, die in der Hathi- Trust Digitalen Bibliothek vorhanden sind, wurde von Studierenden in einem Projektseminar getestet. Der Artikel diskutiert die Möglichkeit der Suche von biographischen Daten ohne die digitalen Kopien der Bücher, die Nützlichkeit der untersuchten Quellen sowie die Abwicklung des gesamten Prozesses. (German) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]Copyright of Bibliothek Forschung und Praxis is the property of De Gruyter and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)