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Openlibrary.org

A group of libraries led by the Internet Archive, a nonprofit digital library, are joining forces to create Openlibrary.org. [...]

Banned Books Week

It’s Banned Book Week – Celebrating the Freedom to Read!

September 26−October 3, 2009

Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment.  Held during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to [...]

Google Books may want to rule the world, but can they actually produce as promised?

Here’s an admission for you: I have a hard time comprehending all of the details around what Google Books is up to. I gather they’re scanning everything (though not necessarily well — more on that in a sec) ever published, posting the out-of-copyright stuff, linking to snippets of the other stuff, and there are [...]