Libraries

The Libraries of the Big Ten Academic Alliance are aligned in the vision of uniting our separate collections into one collection, shared and fully networked: the BIG Collection. By this phrase we mean a holistic and comprehensive understanding of what a library "collection" is: not simply the things we hold, but our services; our people; our expertise; our technology; and our infrastructure.

In advancing this future of interdependence and excellence, we are guided by our North Star in everything that we do:

In order to advance a just, trustworthy, scalable & sustainable open knowledge ecosystem, make open, more equitable scholarship our lead purpose.

On these pages, you'll find more about the services, programs, and community that are advancing this vision in a principles-centered, mission-driven, values-aligned way.

Academy Owned Scholarly Publishing Landscape Report

Launched in the fall of 2022, the Big Ten Academic Alliance [BTAA] landscape assessment of academy owned scholarly publishing activities explores the shared challenges and opportunities facing publishing programs and operations within the Big Ten institutions.

Big Ten Open Books

Big Ten Open Books connects readers everywhere to fully accessible, trusted books from leading university presses. Established as a new model for open-access publishing focused on equity and inclusion, we invite you to explore our Gender and Sexuality studies collection.

BIG Collection: Resource Access Policy Harmonization Report

The Resource Access Policy Harmonization pilot team is pleased to share their final report. Aspirational in nature, the report includes the new BTAA Resource Sharing Agreement plus Scanning Standards; reaffirms the Principles and Protocols for Sharing Special Collections within the Big Ten; and articulates important next steps for future pilot projects and working group investigations.

Library News

Vision Continues to Gain Momentum as HathiTrust Grows

Oct 26, 2010, 08:00 AM

Another university has joined forces with HathiTrust, and the shared digital repository that was co-founded by the CIC continues to gain momentum.

The Utah Statesman, the student newspaper of Utah State University, reported in its Friday, Oct. 21 editions that Utah State had signed an agreement to join the HathiTrust.

"HathiTrust, a self-described "bold idea with big plans" was founded by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation with the stated goal of establishing a repository for universities to archive and share their digitized collections," wrote the paper.

HathiTrust now has more than 30 members and recently passed 7 million volumes in its collection.

The article quotes Betty Rozum, associate dean for technical services, as saying: "This is a wonderful step for Utah State. It will help students further their research and help shape the future of scholarly communication."

For more on HathiTrust, please visit its website.