Open Library is a new online tool for finding information about books – even (perhaps especially) for titles that are out-of-print, scarce, or likely to find one reader per decade, if even that. It is ...

Open Library, a group of more than 150 libraries led by the Internet Archive, has announced its latest plan to lend browser-based digital editions of e-books, beginning with a new, cooperative ...

When libraries around the US began closing their doors due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Internet Archive (IA) responded by creating a “National Emergency Library,” a collection of 1.4 million ...

Four major book publishers have filed suit against the Internet Archive for copyright violations relating to the Open Library project, setting the stage for a major legal fight over one of the ...

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this report included an author among those who signed onto the letter who pulled their name before the list was publicly released. Hundreds of authors signed a letter ...

Your support goes further this holiday season. When you buy an annual membership or give a one-time contribution, we’ll give a membership to someone who can’t afford access. It’s a simple way for you ...

365 day a year service hailed as game changer for students My Open Library launch. From left; Yvonne Smith Executive Librarian Wexford, Nicola McGrath senior Executive Librarian, Paul Daly Executive ...

The Commercial Court in Brussels has issued a comprehensive blocking order to make access to so-called shadow libraries such as Anna's Archive, Libgen, Z-Library and OceanofPDF more difficult. The aim ...