Unlocking the Potential for Digitized Books in Higher Education: Insights and Analysis from Project LEND

"In 2023, the University of California libraries launched a landmark research project to investigate the potential for expanded lawful use of digitized books held by academic and research libraries. The project included a rigorous user needs assessment, exploring potential use cases that would support research and teaching across higher education.

In this webinar, we will share in-depth findings from our expansive user research, which included 36 focus groups of users from colleges and universities throughout the United States. We will also provide a high-level discussion of legal and technical considerations based on our environmental scan and analysis...."