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•Special exhibits of particularly interesting classes of online books | •Special exhibits of particularly interesting classes of online books | ||
•Information on how readers can help support the growth of online books" | •Information on how readers can help support the growth of online books" | ||
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| + | About the '''nature and history''' of the site, the website says: | ||
| + | "The Online Books Page was founded, and is edited, by John Mark Ockerbloom, He is a digital library planner and researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. He is responsible for the content of the site. Alison Miner is Associate Editor. | ||
| + | The site is hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, who provide the server, disk space, and network bandwidth for the site. They also employ the editor, and support him in his various digital library activities (of which this is but one). | ||
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| + | The online books listed on this page have been authored, placed online, and hosted, by a wide variety of individuals and groups throughout the world (and throughout history!)." | ||
WEB ADDRESS: '''http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/''' | WEB ADDRESS: '''http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/''' | ||
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The Online Book Page
This is a marvellous online listing over 2 million free books on the Web, source of the texts for numerous rare and "lost" titles.
According to the website The Online Books Page "is a website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet. It also aims to encourage the development of such online books, for the benefit and edification of all.
Major parts of the site include:
•An index of over two million online books freely readable on the Internet •Pointers to significant directories and archives of online texts •Special exhibits of particularly interesting classes of online books •Information on how readers can help support the growth of online books"
About the nature and history of the site, the website says:
"The Online Books Page was founded, and is edited, by John Mark Ockerbloom, He is a digital library planner and researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. He is responsible for the content of the site. Alison Miner is Associate Editor. The site is hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, who provide the server, disk space, and network bandwidth for the site. They also employ the editor, and support him in his various digital library activities (of which this is but one).
The online books listed on this page have been authored, placed online, and hosted, by a wide variety of individuals and groups throughout the world (and throughout history!)."
WEB ADDRESS: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/
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