Category Archives: Open Library

Revised wish list now available: 1.5M books we want

Posted on September 10, 2018 by chrisfreeland

Earlier this year we released our Open Libraries wish list, which brought together four datasets to help inform our collection development priorities for Open Libraries.  After working with the wish list for a few months and reviewing our approach, we … Continue reading →

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Let’s Build a Great Digital Library Together…Starting with a Wishlist

Posted on March 14, 2018 by chrisfreeland

We are looking for partners to help us build a great physical collection of books to be preserved, digitized, and made available through our Open Libraries project. Working with more than 500 library partners, the Internet Archive has already helped … Continue reading →

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The 20th Century Time Machine

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

by Nancy Watzman & Katie Dahl With the turn of a dial, some flashing lights, and the requisite puff of fog, emcees Tracey Jaquith, TV Architect, and Jason Scott, Free Range Archivist, cranked up the Internet Archive 20th Century Time … Continue reading →

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Syncing Catalogs with thousands of Libraries in 120 Countries through OCLC

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Jim Michalko

We are pleased to announce that the Internet Archive and OCLC have agreed to synchronize the metadata describing our digital books with OCLC’s WorldCat. WorldCat is a union catalog that itemizes the collections of thousands of libraries in more than … Continue reading →

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Books from 1923 to 1941 Now Liberated!

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Brewster Kahle

[press: boingboing] The Internet Archive is now leveraging a little known, and perhaps never used, provision of US copyright law, Section 108h, which allows libraries to scan and make available materials published 1923 to 1941 if they are not being … Continue reading →

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MacArthur Foundation’s $100 Million Award Finalists

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Wendy Hanamura

Today, the MacArthur Foundation announced the finalists for its 100&Change competition, awarding a single organization $100 million to solve one of the world’s biggest problems. The Internet Archive’s Open Libraries project, one of eight semifinalists, did not make the cut … Continue reading →

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Open Library New Features and Fixes

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Jessamyn West

OpenLibrary team has added pages for 200,000 new modern works and rolled out a brigade of fixes and features. Prioritized by feedback from openlibrary patrons, Full-text search through all books hosted on the Internet Archive is back online and is … Continue reading →

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Sharing Data for Better Discovery and Access

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Jeff Kaplan

The Internet Archive and the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) are pleased to announce a joint collaborative program to enhance sharing of collections from the Internet Archive in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). The Internet Archive will … Continue reading →

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Popular subjects in our book collection

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Alexis Rossi

We took a leisurely stroll through half a million books today, and we noticed that lots of the books were congregating around some popular categories.  This isn’t an exhaustive list, we just thought it would nice to share a little … Continue reading →

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Why Publishers Support E-book Lending with OpenLibrary.org: A Q&A with Smashwords Mark Coker

Posted on May 20, 2011 by pattiehaubner

This Q&A kicks off a series of conversations with visionary publishers who support e-book digital library lending with OpenLibrary.org. Mark Coker, Founder, CEO and Chief Author Advocate, founded Smashwords  to change the way books are published, marketed and sold.  In … Continue reading →

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