Open Library project

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The Open Library project is an online initiative to create a comprehensive, publicly accessible catalog of every book ever published, offering digital borrowing and reading where possible.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf digital library project
online library catalog
open data project
accessModel free to use
publicly accessible catalog
contentFocus authors
books
editions
subjects
countryOfOrigin United States
dataModel work-edition-author model
foundedBy Aaron Swartz
hasAlternativeName Open Library project
hasAPIDocumentation https://openlibrary.org/developers/api
hasIdentifierNamespace Open Library ID
hasMainGoal to create a web page for every book ever published
to offer public access to bibliographic data
to provide a comprehensive catalog of books
hostedOn servers of the Internet Archive
inception 2006
integratesWith Internet Archive digital book collections
licenseOfData open license for most bibliographic data
name Open Library
offersDigitalBorrowingThrough controlled digital lending
operatedBy Internet Archive
parentOrganization Internet Archive
programmingLanguage JavaScript
Python
providesService book lists and reading logs
book search
digital borrowing of books
online book catalog
online reading of digitized books
public API for book data
repository https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary
slogan One web page for every book ever published
softwareLicense GNU Affero General Public License
supportsFeature book covers upload
book ratings
book reviews
data editing by users
export of bibliographic records
import of bibliographic records
reading lists
user accounts
supportsLanguage English
usesIdentifier ISBN
LCCN
OCLC number
website https://openlibrary.org

Referenced by (9)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Aaron Swartz ("Open Library")
coFounderOf
Brewster Kahle
hasAffiliation
Open Library
hasAlternativeName
Open Library ("Open Library ID")
hasIdentifierNamespace
Internet Archive ("Open Library")
hasService
Open Library ("Open Library")
name
Brewster Kahle ("Open Library")
notableProject
Aaron Swartz
notableWork
Internet Archive ("Open Library")
operates

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