School of Information Sciences

Video describes HathiTrust Research Center, features co-director Downie

Stephen Downie
J. Stephen Downie, Professor, Executive Associate Dean, Associate Dean for Research, and Co-Director of the HathiTrust Research Center

The HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC), a collaboration launched in 2011 by the University of Illinois and Indiana University, is developing software tools and cyberinfrastructure to provide researchers with advanced computational access to the growing digital record of human knowledge.

The following informational video, produced by HTRC, addresses issues surrounding access to digital cultural heritage materials in the HathiTrust Digital Libraries and opportunities for accessing metadata to study large-scale patterns in literary history. It features HTRC co-director Stephen Downie, GSLIS professor and associate dean for research.

Research Areas:

School of Information Sciences

501 E. Daniel St.

MC-493

Champaign, IL

61820-6211

Voice: (217) 333-3280

Fax: (217) 244-3302

Email: ischool@illinois.edu

Back to top