So I discovered, through reading a link on 'The New Basement Tapes," the website www.openlibrary.org. I was completely unaware of this site until now! This site touts that it is "an open project: the software is open, the data is open, the documentation is open, and we welcome your contribution." This online library is at attempting to digitize all books and then allow users to take out "loans" on these ebooks. The site acts as a wiki and users are encouraged to add books and edit information.
This site really exemplifies everything we've been reading in LIS 2600 (and LIS 2000) about the new Web 2.0 realities. It is banking on site users to help voluntarily build its online ebook collection. It will be interesting to follow this site and see how much it grows, how much users get really involved in its growth.
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