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Open Library claims to have over 20 million records in its database.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://openlibrary.org/about |title=About Us |publisher=Openlibrary.org |access-date=2015-06-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627092210/https://openlibrary.org/about |archive-date=2015-06-27 }}</ref> Copies of the contents of tens of thousands of modern books have been made available from 150 libraries and publishers for [[ebook]] [[controlled digital lending]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/post/349420/in-library-ebook-lending-program-launched |title=Internet Archive Forums: In-Library eBook Lending Program Launched |date=2011-02-22 |access-date=2015-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717121618/https://archive.org/post/349420/in-library-ebook-lending-program-launched |archive-date=2015-07-17 |url-status=live }}</ref> Other books including in-print and in-copyright books have been scanned from copies in library collections, library discards, and donations, and are also available for lending in digital form.<ref>{{cite web |title=FAQ on Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) |date=13 February 2019 |url=https://nwu.org/book-division/cdl/faq/ |access-date=2019-02-14 |archive-date=2020-03-30 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20200330193826/https://nwu.org/book%2Ddivision/cdl/faq/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In total, the Open Library offers copies of over 1.4 million books for what it calls "digital lending", but critics have called distribution of digital copies a violation of copyright law. <ref name="Lee2020">{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Timothy B. |title=Internet Archive offers 1.4 million copyrighted books for free online |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/internet-archive-offers-thousands-of-copyrighted-books-for-free-online/ |website=Ars Technica |access-date=2020-04-20 |language=en |date=2020-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328195723/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/internet-archive-offers-thousands-of-copyrighted-books-for-free-online/ |archive-date=2020-03-28 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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Open Library began in 2006 with [[Aaron Swartz]] as the original engineer and leader of the Open Library's technical team.<ref name="BBC2007">{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6924022.stm | access-date=2010-07-06 | title=A library bigger than any building | publisher=[[BBC News]] | date=2007-07-31 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091127185623/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6924022.stm | archive-date=2009-11-27 }}</ref><ref name="Guardian2009">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/jan/22/library-search-engines-books | access-date=2010-07-06 | title=Why you can't find a library book in your search engine | newspaper=The Guardian | date=2009-01-22 | ___location=London | first=Wendy M | last=Grossman | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114010642/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/jan/22/library-search-engines-books | archive-date=2014-01-14 }}</ref> The project was led by [[George Oates]] from April 2009 to December 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://openlibrary.org/people/george08 |title=George |publisher=Openlibrary.org |access-date=2015-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222055108/https://openlibrary.org/people/george08 |archive-date=2017-02-22 |url-status=live }}</ref> Oates was responsible for a complete site redesign during her tenure.<ref>{{cite web |last=Oates |first=George |url=http://blog.openlibrary.org/2010/03/17/announcing-the-open-library-redesign/ |title=Announcing the Open Library redesign « The Open Library Blog |publisher=Blog.openlibrary.org |date=2010-03-17 |access-date=2015-06-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627185859/http://blog.openlibrary.org/2010/03/17/announcing-the-open-library-redesign/ |archive-date=2015-06-27 }}</ref> In 2015, the project was continued by Giovanni Damiola<ref name=":0" /> and then Brenton Cheng<ref name=":0" /> and Mek Karpeles<ref name=":0" /> in 2016.
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