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Diana Wynne Jones (Open Library) - 0 views

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Books You've Checked Out (Open Library) - 0 views

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Work Safe Reading Borrow eBooks

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  • Books You've Checked Out
  • Loan Expires
  • Cradle by Arthur C. Clarke
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      August 31, 2012
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Borrow eBooks

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  • D.H. Hill Library , Raleigh
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Frequently Asked Questions (Open Library) - 0 views

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Borrow eBooks

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  • parent organization, the Internet Archive
  • I wrote a book, and I have it in digital form. Can I make it readable on Open Library? Yes! You can upload your book to the Internet Archive (www.archive.org). Then you will need to add the ID that you give it there to your Open Library record as its Internet Archive ID.
  • All you need to do is hit the EDIT button and start filling in the gaps.
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  • what the book is about
  • anything that connects Open Library records to other book sites out there on the Web
  • donate books to the Internet Archive through our Book Drive program
  • Open Library's goal is to list every book -- whether in-print or out-of-print, available at a bookstore or a library, scanned or typed in as text.
  • We try to link through to WorldCat wherever possible to help you find a book you can actually borrow from a library near you.
  • OCLC is building a catalog to share among libraries, while Open Library is building a catalog to share freely and openly with the public
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About the Librarianship (Open Library) - 0 views

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  • Open Library is a new kind of library, not bounded by any point in space
  • its goal to connect people to information resources, and to make the journey through the library as interesting and rewarding as possible
  • cataloging records in MARC format
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  • library professionals
  • online bookstores and publishers
  • Open Library can mix and match data from different sources, thus enhancing the traditional library record to include information that helps users find interesting resources and make an informed selection from the large number of published materials that are part of our cultural heritage
  • Open Library users themselves can add information to the catalog, and can even add entire works that the Library has not yet received from another source
  • Collectively we can create a new kind of library catalog; one that not only links users to materials, but that allows users to engage in the knowledge dialog that a library represents
  • Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
  • identification
  • library uniform titles
  • Subjects
  • Works
  • Editions
  • Authors
  • types provide a focus
  • linked data
  • For texts, the Work stays the same even when translated.
  • the abstract creative product
  • defines the essential things that a library catalog describes
  • uniquely identifying
  • To the extent possible, all of the various editions of a work (in FRBR called Manifestations) are linked to the Work
  • natural order
  • birth and death dates in their own fields
  • author information can include name variants, as well as biographical information
  • attempt to reflect the full complexity of the contents
  • Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
  • OCLC Research Division
  • user interfaces for library catalogs
  • emphasizes the faceted nature
  • refine their searches
  • facets
  • facet types are: subject, person, time, place
  • facets as a separate subject entry
  • users can follow the topical train of related facets throughout the web of data that these subject facets create
  • identifying URL
  • web-based information resource
  • when entries are merged, as does happen, care is taken so that the old URL points to the new one, thus avoiding broken links
  • These identifiers do not change
  • merging duplicate entries
  • users can merge editions, authors and works
  • improve the quality of bibliographic data on the web as a whole
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Borrowing Books Through Open Library (Open Library) - 0 views

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Borrow eBooks

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  • OverDrive
  • WorldCat
  • Internet Archive
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  • BookReader
  • PDF and ePub formats
  • BookReader editions may be read online immediately in your web browser. No special software is required.
  • Adobe Digital Editions
  • Lending Library subject page
  • You can borrow 5 books from the Internet Archive (and participating libraries). Each loan will expire after 2 weeks.
  • Adobe Digital Editions "library"
  • If you borrowed a BookReader edition, simply return it from your Loans page.
  • displays all the books you've checked out at any one time
  • http://openlibrary.org/account/loans
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