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Open Library
Screenshot
Open Library homepage in September 2011
Type of site
Digital library index
Available inEnglish
RevenueDonation
URLopenlibrary.org
CommercialNo
RegistrationFree
Launched2006; 18 years ago (2006)
Current statusActive
Content license
data: public domain[1]
source code: AGPLv3

Open Library is an online project to create "one web page for every book ever published". Created by Aaron Swartz, Brewster Kahle,[2] Alexis Rossi,[3] Anand Chitipothu,[3] and Rebecca Malamud,[3] This is a project of the Internet Archive.

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  1. Bookfinch; Chitipothu, Anand; Oates, George; West, Jessamyn (2013-10-10). "Using Open Library Data § Who owns the Open Library catalog?".
  2. "Aaron Swartz: howtoget". Aaronsw.jottit.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-23. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "The Open Library Team". Open Library. Archived from the original on 2018-07-17. Retrieved 2018-07-16.

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