What services will be offered in the future?
• Shibboleth for authentication. • APIs to enable local development by HathiTrust partners. • Institutional localization and/or branding. • Anything else the partners jointly envision. The HathiTrust Functional Objectives provide a look at current development plans: http://www.hathitrust.org/objectives 5. How is HathiTrust different from Google Book Search? HathiTrust provides a new platform for the expert curation and consistent access to materials long associated with research libraries. The trust and reliance developed over decades in providing essential print collections will extend to HathiTrust as a valued source for scholarly materials. In addition, the HathiTrust provides the following benefits: • Access to content not in Google Book Search, such as digital collections unique to each institution, providing unified full text discovery and access with a common user experience. • Ability for partners to build tools and develop standards for distributed discovery and access across
