Tag: OPENLIBRARY

While Google and Microsoft race to digitize every book they can get their hands on, the Internet Archive has been working on a less controversial project by avoiding copyrighted works. The Open Library aims to reproduce the experience of reading a book online. Right now there are only a handful of public domain titles available, with many more coming in the next few months. The website is ...

The Open Library is a colossal undertaking to put every book on the planet within its catalog. Since no building would be large enough to house the collection, this library is on the web with access to everyone. And to remove all borders to free access, the code for Open Library is open source. Another big bonus - no more annoying shushers. The Open Library concept is modeled after Wikipedia, a ...