About the collection:
The Virtual Shelf pulls its data from the over 25 million book records in Open Library. Open Library is a project of the non-profit Internet Archive with the goal to create one web page for every book ever published. It is an Open project - the software is open, the data is open, the documentation is open, and the site is open. To learn more, please visit Open Library and discover how to get involved. This is an Open project and it needs your help! As well as the software and documentation, each catalog record is open to public edits, so if you know something about your favorite book, you're welcome to add the information.