Open Library is a project of the Internet Archive. Its stated goal is to
have a web page for every book that has ever been published. It has
millions of them right now, but it still falls far short of that goal.
First and foremost it is a catalog and the pages contain metadata
information about the books and some of the pages have more detailed
metadata and others are a bit sparse. It is a wiki, so users are invited
to add information where it falls short. A minority of the pages
actually have downloadable files of the text of the books. I already
mentioned the number. Including all languages there are nearly two
million. A lot of them are public domain, but if you exclude the public
domain books you have about nine hundred thousand or so of in copyright
books available in protected Daisy format. Unlike Bookshare or other
libraries oriented to blind people, Open Library does not require one to
register or provide documentation of print impairment. Instead, their
books can only be read on a device with an NLS key such as a Victor
Reader Stream or a Book Sense. They just assume that if you have an NLS
key then you must be qualified. You will find some extremely obscure and
rare books available there. Be sure to read all the FAQ if you want to
start using the web site. Here is a link to it: https://openlibrary.org/
On 5/24/2016 1:33 AM, Martian.Lady wrote:
Hi
What is the open library?
Marsha
