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Welcome to the central hub for Librarian Resources
Guides
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Basic Editing of Authors, Works, & Editions - addresses the most common questions about editing metadata on Open Library. This guide applies to all contributors and is not specific to those with special librarian permissions.
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Merging Authors, Works, & Editions - how to combine duplicate records on Open Library.
- Internationalization - Everything you need to translate the Open Library website into other languages.
Librarian Resources
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FAQ (partial duplicate). This page resolves the most common questions about Open Library asked by an Open Library contributor. It should not contain specific information for librarians.
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Works and Edition Metadata. A list (with examples) of field assignments for Works and Editions in Open Library database.
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Metadata Standards & Formats on GitHub
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FRBRization by Karen Coyle
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Overview of Identifiers on GitHub
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Metadata Schema (2019)
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Library of Congress
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Infogami / Dublin Core Metadata Mapping
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Librarian Jargon Definitions
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Catalog Implementation (2010)
- Some Library Jargon Explained (Hopefully)
Historical
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Librarian Guidelines. Out of date
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Adding books to open library (manually). Out of date. Information already included in Editing and FAQ. There are several pages with some interesting pages/information to keep/merge: Using subjects and Open Library search cheats.
- Open Library's Data Schema Table. Out of date
Third-Party Resources
- "Open Library and Librarianship" (PDF) by Zomuana Joute. A paper concerned about defining an open library, its technology, components, what it will have and provide with respect to the case study of www.openlibrary.
History
- Created July 25, 2020
- 25 revisions
October 18, 2021 | Edited by Drini | Edited without comment. |
October 5, 2021 | Edited by Jenner | Edited without comment. |
June 27, 2021 | Edited by Mek | Edited without comment. |
June 27, 2021 | Edited by Mek | Edited without comment. |
July 25, 2020 | Created by Mek | Creating Librarian Portal |