Open Library
@openlibrary.org
Open Library is a non-profit, open source catalog of every book published, run by the Internet Archive. We help patrons across the globe access millions of digital library books for free.
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Open Library
@openlibrary.org
· Dec 11
We're happy to be on @bsky.app!
Allow us to introduce ourselves: we're OpenLibrary.org, the world's non-profit, open-source book catalog run by @archive.org + community.
(You might know us from x.com/openlibrary)
Let's build an equitable, open library together for the world's readers ❤️📚
Allow us to introduce ourselves: we're OpenLibrary.org, the world's non-profit, open-source book catalog run by @archive.org + community.
(You might know us from x.com/openlibrary)
Let's build an equitable, open library together for the world's readers ❤️📚
The Internet Archive Ops Team is addressing a hardware issue with a network switch that resulted from an unplanned upstream power outage. Data is safe, openlibrary.org will have intermittent access as equipment is cycled. Thank you for your patience.
The Wayback Machine, openlibrary.org, and some other archive.org functions are offline because some network gear has failed.
We apologize and are working on it. More as it happens.
We apologize and are working on it. More as it happens.
November 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The Internet Archive Ops Team is addressing a hardware issue with a network switch that resulted from an unplanned upstream power outage. Data is safe, openlibrary.org will have intermittent access as equipment is cycled. Thank you for your patience.
The entire @openlibrary.org team would like to express our deep sadness at the loss of our friend Greg Newby who, for years, has seeded @gutenberg.org with public good, open access values worth continuing to follow. Thank you for your beautiful contributions. You are missed.
October 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The entire @openlibrary.org team would like to express our deep sadness at the loss of our friend Greg Newby who, for years, has seeded @gutenberg.org with public good, open access values worth continuing to follow. Thank you for your beautiful contributions. You are missed.
Help us celebrate the efforts of Open Library’s global contributors at this year’s Community Celebration. tinyurl.com/5dayhctr
Save the Date: 2025 Open Library Community Celebration | The Open Library Blog
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September 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Help us celebrate the efforts of Open Library’s global contributors at this year’s Community Celebration. tinyurl.com/5dayhctr
Here’s how our lean-but-mighty team is improving search to handle heavy demand while adding new search features. tinyurl.com/7kprmueu
Open Library Search: Balancing High-Impact with High-Demand | The Open Library Blog
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September 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Here’s how our lean-but-mighty team is improving search to handle heavy demand while adding new search features. tinyurl.com/7kprmueu
Here’s how to see what books are trending now on Open Library. tinyurl.com/mv9ute7w
What’s Trending on Open Library? | The Open Library Blog
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August 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Here’s how to see what books are trending now on Open Library. tinyurl.com/mv9ute7w
The new trending books algorithm surfaces books with a spike in activity hour by hour, so you can discover the books that are getting interest right now. tinyurl.com/mv9ute7w
What’s Trending on Open Library? | The Open Library Blog
blog.openlibrary.org
August 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The new trending books algorithm surfaces books with a spike in activity hour by hour, so you can discover the books that are getting interest right now. tinyurl.com/mv9ute7w
Now, borrowable K-12 books within the Open Library catalog are searchable by reading level. tinyurl.com/bdu3tcuu
July 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Now, borrowable K-12 books within the Open Library catalog are searchable by reading level. tinyurl.com/bdu3tcuu
Know of a new web book that should be added to our catalog? Tell us about it here.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open Library: Web Books (Submission Form)
Open Library has served primarily as a catalog of physical books. But there are also tens of thousands of high quality online books & textbooks which have been published legitimately online with permi...
docs.google.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Know of a new web book that should be added to our catalog? Tell us about it here.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Your kids can read along with the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Summer Reading Club. Find books suitable for Daisy, Brownie, Junior or Cadette level in this collection.
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Summer Reading Club | Open Library
Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Read, borrow, and discover more than 3M books for free.
openlibrary.org
June 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Your kids can read along with the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Summer Reading Club. Find books suitable for Daisy, Brownie, Junior or Cadette level in this collection.
Now, patrons with qualifying print disabilities can apply for special access when they register on Open Library.
Simplifying Special Access Enrollment for Patrons with Qualifying Print Disabilities | The Open Library Blog
blog.openlibrary.org
May 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Now, patrons with qualifying print disabilities can apply for special access when they register on Open Library.
Welcome to @ronibhakta.bsky.social and Sandy Chu, who were selected from a competitive field of applicants to work with Open Library for Google Summer of Code 2025. Stay tuned for micro-updates about their progress throughout the summer.
May 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Welcome to @ronibhakta.bsky.social and Sandy Chu, who were selected from a competitive field of applicants to work with Open Library for Google Summer of Code 2025. Stay tuned for micro-updates about their progress throughout the summer.
OpenLibrary.org may be temporarily offline today for the next ten minutes as we grow and resize our database servers. 🌱
You may still use Archive.org while you're waiting!
You may still use Archive.org while you're waiting!
May 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
OpenLibrary.org may be temporarily offline today for the next ten minutes as we grow and resize our database servers. 🌱
You may still use Archive.org while you're waiting!
You may still use Archive.org while you're waiting!
We’ve made improvements under the hood—now subject pages in our textbooks collection load faster. openlibrary.org/subjects/tex...
Textbooks | Open Library
Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Read, borrow, and discover more than 3M books for free.
openlibrary.org
April 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
We’ve made improvements under the hood—now subject pages in our textbooks collection load faster. openlibrary.org/subjects/tex...
We’ve added reading levels to 10,000 K-12 books (with more to come). Now you can filter books by Lexile reading level in search. Use this query to try it out. bit.ly/42DMs2I
search | Open Library
Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Read, borrow, and discover more than 3M books for free.
openlibrary.org
April 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
We’ve added reading levels to 10,000 K-12 books (with more to come). Now you can filter books by Lexile reading level in search. Use this query to try it out. bit.ly/42DMs2I
Tell us: Which of these features would you be most excited to see on openlibrary.org?
1. Community Tags (like Archive of Our Own)
2. The ability to nominate Best Books on any topic
3. Following other readers
4. On-the-fly book translations
5. Better collections
6. Other?
1. Community Tags (like Archive of Our Own)
2. The ability to nominate Best Books on any topic
3. Following other readers
4. On-the-fly book translations
5. Better collections
6. Other?
Welcome to Open Library | Open Library
Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Read, borrow, and discover more than 3M books for free.
openlibrary.org
April 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Tell us: Which of these features would you be most excited to see on openlibrary.org?
1. Community Tags (like Archive of Our Own)
2. The ability to nominate Best Books on any topic
3. Following other readers
4. On-the-fly book translations
5. Better collections
6. Other?
1. Community Tags (like Archive of Our Own)
2. The ability to nominate Best Books on any topic
3. Following other readers
4. On-the-fly book translations
5. Better collections
6. Other?
Now millions of books will appear with preview links on Open Library search results!
March 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Now millions of books will appear with preview links on Open Library search results!
As part of an MLIS internship, @jordanfrederick.bsky.social has been working to refine Open Library’s catalogue and collections.
Refining the Open Library Catalogue: My Internship Story | The Open Library Blog
blog.openlibrary.org
March 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
As part of an MLIS internship, @jordanfrederick.bsky.social has been working to refine Open Library’s catalogue and collections.
🧵 A few highlights from @openlibrary.org's 2024 Board Presentation
December 11, 2024 at 7:29 PM
🧵 A few highlights from @openlibrary.org's 2024 Board Presentation
We're happy to be on @bsky.app!
Allow us to introduce ourselves: we're OpenLibrary.org, the world's non-profit, open-source book catalog run by @archive.org + community.
(You might know us from x.com/openlibrary)
Let's build an equitable, open library together for the world's readers ❤️📚
Allow us to introduce ourselves: we're OpenLibrary.org, the world's non-profit, open-source book catalog run by @archive.org + community.
(You might know us from x.com/openlibrary)
Let's build an equitable, open library together for the world's readers ❤️📚
December 11, 2024 at 4:50 PM
We're happy to be on @bsky.app!
Allow us to introduce ourselves: we're OpenLibrary.org, the world's non-profit, open-source book catalog run by @archive.org + community.
(You might know us from x.com/openlibrary)
Let's build an equitable, open library together for the world's readers ❤️📚
Allow us to introduce ourselves: we're OpenLibrary.org, the world's non-profit, open-source book catalog run by @archive.org + community.
(You might know us from x.com/openlibrary)
Let's build an equitable, open library together for the world's readers ❤️📚