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Central hub for Librarian Resources.

Librarian Resources

• Works and Edition Metadata
  
• Metadata Standards & Formats on GitHub
  
• FRBRization by Karen Coyle
  
• Guide to Identifiers on GitHub
  
• Contributing Towards Internationalization on GitHub
  
• Library of Congress
  
• Infogami
  
• Merging Records on GitHub
  
• Librarian Jargon Definitions
  
• Open Library's Data Schema Table
  
• Catalog Implementation (2010)
  
• Adding books to open library (manually)
  
• Some Library Jargon Explained (Hopefully)

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.

Contributing

• Editing Open Library. This page resolves the most common questions about editing asked by an Open Library contributor. It should not contain specific information for librarians.
  
• FAQ (partial duplicate). This page resolves the most common questions asked about Open Library by an Open Library contributor. It should not contain specific information for librarians.
  
• Volunteer Page