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https://blog.openlibrary.org/2023/10/30/2023-open-library-community-celebration/

Earlier this year, the Internet Archive’s Open Library conducted a brief survey to learn more about patrons’ experiences and preferences when borrowing and reading books. As promised, we’ve...

https://blog.openlibrary.org/2023/09/14/how-do-patrons-prefer-to-read/

Hello, I am Jayden Teoh, a student from Singapore, and this year I participated as a 2023 Google Summer of Code contributor with the Internet Archive’s Open Library project to improve the site�...

https://blog.openlibrary.org/2023/08/25/google-summer-of-code-2023-supercharging-subject-pages/

Hello, I’m Nick Norman – I volunteer as the Lead Communications Fellow at the Internet Archive’s Open Library. The Open Library provides readers with free, digital access to millions of lib...

https://blog.openlibrary.org/2023/06/04/howto-design-a-strategic-communications-plan/

Last year, as part of our inaugural ‘Internet Archive Summer of Design fellowship,‘ we conducted design research on making our Books Page easier for patrons to navigate on both desktop and mo...

https://blog.openlibrary.org/2023/06/04/update-open-library-book-page-redesign/

by Nick Norman & Mek In an ongoing series, the Internet Archive hosts renowned authors of the digital humanities and beyond for virtual book talks that are free and open to the public. For nearly...

https://blog.openlibrary.org/2023/03/10/book-talks-watch-virtual-talks-by-trailblazing-authors/

Starting January 1st, you will be able to set and track your yearly reading goals with Open Library. You can set your yearly reading goal here! Sending us Feedback Have you noticed a bug with the...

https://blog.openlibrary.org/2022/12/31/reach-your-2023-reading-goals-with-open-library/

Have you noticed our new My Books page experience? Please let us know what you think! Read on to learn more about what’s changed. Forward by Mek This year we’ve had the great fortune of colla...

https://blog.openlibrary.org/2022/12/27/a-brand-new-my-books-experience/

Dear readers, I sit here, cosily on a cold winter’s night looking out over the Mississauga cityscape, thinking about the important mission we planned for and set out to accomplish almost a year...

https://blog.openlibrary.org/2022/12/21/search-is-getting-smarter-on-open-library/

It seems like just the other day when the Open Library welcomed its 2 millionth registered patron in 2018. This year, we zoomed past 6M registered book lovers who collectively in 2022 have borrow...

https://blog.openlibrary.org/2022/11/23/2022-review/