'''Open Library''' is an online project intended to create "one [[web page]] for every book ever published". Created by [[Aaron Swartz]],<ref name="BBC2007">{{cite news |date=2007-07-31 |title=A library bigger than any building |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6924022.stm |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 |access-date=2010-07-06 |publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref><ref name="Guardian2009">{{cite news |last=Grossman |first=Wendy M |date=2009-01-22 |title=Why you can't find a library book in your search engine |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/jan/22/library-search-engines-books |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 |access-date=2010-07-06 |newspaper=The Guardian |___location=London}}</ref> [[Brewster Kahle]],<ref>{{cite web|title = Aaron Swartz: howtoget |url = https://aaronsw.jottit.com/howtoget |publisher = Aaronsw.jottit.com|access-date = 2015-06-05|url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150523080104/http://aaronsw.jottit.com/howtoget| archive-date = 2015-05-23}}</ref> Alexis Rossi,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web| url=https://openlibrary.org/about/people.en|title=The Open Library Team |publisher=Open Library |language=en|access-date=2018-07-16| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717013214/https://openlibrary.org/about/people.en|archive-date=2018-07-17|url-status=live}}</ref> Anand Chitipothu,<ref name=":0" /> and [[Rebecca Hargrave Malamud]],<ref name=":0" /> Open Library is a project of the [[Internet Archive]], a [[nonprofit organization]]. It has been funded in part by grants from the [[California State Library]] and the Kahle/Austin Foundation. <!-- PLEASE DO NOT LINK [[Kahle/Austin Foundation]] because that page is a redirect to already-linked [[Brewster Kahle]]--> Open Library provides [[online]] digital copies in multiple formats, created from images of many [[public ___domain]], out-of-print, and in-print books.
==Book database and digital lending library==
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==History==
Open Library began in 2006 with Aaron Swartz as the original engineer and leader of the Open Library's technical team.The project was led by George Oates from April 2009 to December 2011. Oates was responsible for a complete site redesign during her tenure. In 2015, the project was continued by Giovanni Damiola and then Brenton Cheng and Mek Karpeles in 2016.
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.
The site was redesigned and relaunched in May 2010. Its codebase is on GitHub. The site uses Infobase, its own database framework based on PostgreSQL, and Infogami, its own Wiki engine written in Python. The source code to the site is published under the GNU Affero General Public License.
The site was redesigned and relaunched in May 2010. Its codebase is on [[GitHub]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/|title=internetarchive/openlibrary · GitHub|publisher=GitHub.com|access-date=2015-06-26|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810081247/https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary|archive-date=2015-08-10}}</ref> The site uses Infobase, its own database framework based on [[PostgreSQL]], and Infogami, its own [[Wiki software|Wiki engine]] written in [[Python (programming language)|Python]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://openlibrary.org/about/tech |title=About the Technology |publisher=Openlibrary.org |access-date=2015-06-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627065429/https://openlibrary.org/about/tech |archive-date=2015-06-27 }}</ref> The source code to the site is published under the [[GNU Affero General Public License]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://openlibrary.org/developers/licensing |title=Developers / Licensing |publisher=Openlibrary.org |access-date=2015-06-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627074555/https://openlibrary.org/developers/licensing |archive-date=2015-06-27 }}</ref><ref name=gitlic>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/blob/master/LICENSE|title=openlibrary/LICENSE at master · internetarchive/openlibrary · GitHub|publisher=GitHub.com|access-date=2015-06-26|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122093343/https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/blob/master/LICENSE|archive-date=2017-01-22}}</ref>
