Additional Resources

This section collects additional resources that don’t neatly fit into the established structure of the toolkit. If you have any recommendations for other topics or resources to potentially include in the toolkit, please contact Marc Hoffeditz, Resource Sharing Program Manager, at mhoffeditz@blc.org. 

 

HathiTrust Resource Sharing Service

HathiTrust recently announced a pilot project to explore offering a resource sharing service to its members. Through this service, participating libraries would be able to lend short portions of digitized works from titles that are held in their local print collections. HathiTrust is scoping this service through the lens of the Copyright Act - Sections 108(d), (g), and (i) and is collaborating with member ILL practitioners to develop this service.

🌐 Project Exploring Resource Sharing Services Kicks Off, HathiTrust - 2024

▶️ Building a HathiTrust Resource Sharing Service, HathiTrust - 2025

 

Project LEND

University of California Davis (UC Davis) received a Mellon Foundation grant for a two-year initiative titled Project LEND (Library Expansion of Networked Delivery). Launched in 2023, the project aimed to explore the feasibility of legally expanding access to digitized books owned by academic and research libraries. The study investigated four research areas including user requirements, legal frameworks, technology requirements, and collections scope. In 2025, UC Davis released the user research findings and service plan from the study which identified a number of potential actions for libraries, publishers, and distributors to take in collaborative effort to broaden access to these digitized resources. 

📜 Project LEND: Planning a Research Project for Expanded Access to Digital Books at the University of California Libraries, UC Davis - 2023

▶️ Unlocking the Potential for Digitized Books in Higher Education, UC Davis - 2024

🌐 📜 Project LEND User Research Findings, UC Davis - 2025

🌐 📜 Project LEND Service Plan, UC Davis - 2025