One web page for every book ever published. It's a lofty but achievable goal.
To build Open Library, we need hundreds of millions of book records, a wiki interface, and lots of people who are willing to contribute their time and effort to building the site.
To date, we have gathered over 20 million records from a variety of large catalogs as well as single contributions, with more on the way.
Open Library is an open project: the software is open, the data are open, the documentation is open, and we welcome your contribution. Whether you fix a typo, add a book, or write a widget--it's all welcome. We have a small team of fantastic programmers who have accomplished a lot, but we can't do it alone!
Open Library is a project of the non-profit Internet Archive, and has been funded in part by a grant from the California State Library and the Kahle/Austin Foundation.
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- Created April 9, 2008
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| July 9, 2021 | Edited by Drini | Make blog links https |
| December 4, 2015 | Edited by Giovanni Damiola | Edited without comment. |
| September 9, 2013 | Edited by Jessamyn West | rm events for now |
| July 27, 2010 | Edited by girl2k | subject/verb agreement with "data" |
| April 9, 2008 | Created by Anand Chitipothu | Edited without comment. |