Open Library is an open source project by the Internet Archive to catalog every book in the world. It has one of the world’s largest book scanning operations, and has many books available for digital lending. Its book metadata catalog is freely available for download, and is included on Anna’s Archive (though not currently in search, except if you explicitly search for an Open Library ID).

Resources

• Last updated: 2025-08-27
• Example record on Anna’s Archive
• Main Open Library website
• Metadata
• Scripts for importing metadata
• Anna’s Archive Containers format