Open Library to Create Catalog Including Every Book

Stephen Downes and Richard Nantel point out the launch of The Open Library. The purpose of the project is “one web page for every book ever published.” From their “About” page:

Open Library is a project of the non-profit Internet Archive, and is funded in part by a grant from the California State Library. We have a small team of fantastic programmers who have accomplished a lot, but we can’t do it alone! This is an Open project – the software is open, the data is open, the documentation is open, and the site is open.

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