Online Books Page
Encyclopedia
The Online Books Page is an index of e-text
books available on the Internet
. It is edited by John Mark Ockerbloom
and is hosted by the library of the University of Pennsylvania
. The Online Books Page lists over 30,000 books and has several features, such as A Celebration of Women Writers and Banned Books Online.
The Online Books Page was the second substantial effort to catalog online texts, but the first to do so with the rigors required by library science. It first appeared on the Web in the summer of 1993. The Internet Public Library
came shortly thereafter.
The web site was named one of the best free reference web sites in 2003 by the Machine-Assisted Reference Section of the American Library Association
.
E-text
An e-text is, generally, any text-based information that is available in a digitally encoded human-readable format and read by electronic means, but more specifically it refers to files in the ASCII character encoding.E-text has the broad meaning of something electronic that represents words, a...
books available on the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
. It is edited by John Mark Ockerbloom
John Mark Ockerbloom
John Mark Ockerbloom is a pioneer in library science. He was the first person to make a substantial effort to catalog online books in a rigorous and comprehensive manner. Formerly at Carnegie Mellon University, from which he earned a PhD in computer science, he is now a "digital library...
and is hosted by the library of the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
. The Online Books Page lists over 30,000 books and has several features, such as A Celebration of Women Writers and Banned Books Online.
The Online Books Page was the second substantial effort to catalog online texts, but the first to do so with the rigors required by library science. It first appeared on the Web in the summer of 1993. The Internet Public Library
Internet Public Library
The Internet Public Library is a non-profit, largely student-run website at Drexel University. Visitors can ask a reference question. Volunteer librarians and graduate students in library and information science form collections and answer questions. The IPL opened on March 17, 1995.- History...
came shortly thereafter.
The web site was named one of the best free reference web sites in 2003 by the Machine-Assisted Reference Section of the American Library Association
American Library Association
The American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....
.
External links
- The Online Books Page, official website.