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Through a designated Proxy, Eligible Patrons at HathiTrust Supporting Institutions can receive special access to in-copyright materials in HathiTrust. The materials must be held currently, or have been held previously, by the Supporting Institution’s library, as indicated through print holdings information submitted to HathiTrust.
Definitions
Eligible Patron: an affiliated user at a Supporting Institution who has a print disability for which access to digital copies of library books is a reasonable and appropriate accommodation.
Print disability: a disability – such as a visual impairment, learning disabilit, physical disability, or other disability – that impedes a person’s ability to access print in the standard way.
Proxy: a representative designated by a HathiTrust Supporting Institution who accesses in-copyright content on behalf of an Eligible Patron. At Vanderbilt University, Jim Toplon is the designated proxy and can be contacted at ill.library@vanderbilt.edu or 615-343-4222.
Supporting Institution: the University who is a member of HathiTrust, in this circumstance, Vanderbilt University.