Description of Open Library lending programs and engagement with U.S. State libraries. Authors: George Oates and Brewster Kahle, Internet Archive. Books in Browsers 2011 Ignite Program. See http://bib.archive.org.

1. Open Library
towards a business model for
publishers and libraries

2. Books in Browsers
Search Engines
Readers
Libraries
Publishers
Booksellers

3. Publishers sell books.
Libraries buy
and lend books.

4. Avoid a Monopoly
on eBook Distribution

5. Buy & Lend New eBooks

6. Digitize Books then Lend Them

7. How It Works 1
Openlibrary.org/borrow
openlibrary.org/borrow– 100,000 eBooks available In-Library, 10,000 eBooks available to all

8. How It Works 2
Openlibrary.org/borrow
Choose a book to borrow

9. How It Works 3
Openlibrary.org/borrow
Select a Format: In-Browser, PDF or ePub

10. How It Works 4
Openlibrary.org/borrow
Open distribution to any device with a Web Browser

11. How It Works 5
Openlibrary.org/borrow
Account holders can borrow up to 5 books at once, for up to 2 weeks.

12. How It Works 6
Openlibrary.org/borrow
One loan per title at any one time.

13. How It Works 7
Openlibrary.org/borrow
Other libraries are contributing titles to the lending library pool, like the Boston Public Library.

14. openlibrary.org/dev/docs/api/read– Display lendable Open Library titles live in your catalog.

15. openlibrary.org/libraries – 1,000 libraries in the In-Library lending program in 8 countries

16. 3 US States have joined the In-Library lending program
California Kansas North Carolina

17. Today, we’d like to announce that all 50 State Librarians
endorse the Open Library lending system.

18. Publishers:
Sell eBooks to libraries
directly.

19. Libraries:
Buy and lend eBooks,
Digitizeand lend our
existing books.

20. Building an open library
and opening up eBook
publishing.