Internet Archive—Created Open Library with 20+ million book records - lending 70,000 books daily for free
The Internet Archive operates Open Library, a wiki-editable library catalog aiming to have 'a web page for every book ever published.' The platform has over 20 million book records and lends approximately 70,000 books per day to users worldwide. The Archive has digitized over 2 million books and scans 4,300 books daily across 18 locations.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge Access & Information Freedom | +toward | primary | +1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | +0.885 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (high ×1.5) × confidence (0.59)
Evidence (1 signal)
Created Open Library with 20+ million book records - lending 70,000 books daily for free
The Internet Archive operates Open Library, a wiki-editable library catalog aiming to have 'a web page for every book ever published.' The platform has over 20 million book records and lends approximately 70,000 books per day to users worldwide. The Archive has digitized over 2 million books and scans 4,300 books daily across 18 locations.