The Online Books Page is an index of
e-text
e-text (from "'' electronic text''"; sometimes written as etext) is a general term for any document that is read in digital form, and especially a document that is mainly text. For example, a computer-based book of art with minimal text, or a se ...
books available on the
Internet. It is edited by
John Mark Ockerbloom and is hosted by the library of the
University of Pennsylvania.
[ALA MARS 2003 awards (include a review of the site)]
/ref> The Online Books Page lists over 2 million booksStatus for 17.07.2015: "listing over 2 million free books on the Web"
/ref> and has several features, such as ''A Celebration of Women Writers'' and ''Banned Books Online''.
''The Online Books Page'' was the second substantial effort to catalog online texts, but the first to do so with the rigors required by library science. It first appeared on the Web in the summer of 1993. The Internet Public Library
The Internet Public Library (IPL, ipl2) was a non-profit, largely student-run website managed by a consortium, headed by Drexel University. Visitors could ask reference questions, and volunteer librarians and graduate students in library and info ...
came shortly thereafter.
The web site was named one of the best free reference web sites in 2003 by the Machine-Assisted Reference Section of the American Library Association
The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with 49,727 members a ...
.[
]
See also
*Digital library
A digital library, also called an online library, an internet library, a digital repository, or a digital collection is an online database of digital objects that can include text, still images, audio, video, digital documents, or other digital m ...
* List of digital library projects
*Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg (PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, as well as to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks."
It was founded in 1971 by American writer Michael S. Hart and is the oldest digital libra ...
References
External links
The Online Books Page
official website.
American digital libraries
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