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    The Open Library
    The Open Library
    The Open Library
    Audiobook17 minutes

    The Open Library

    Written by Brewster Kahle

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    About this audiobook

    Text of the speech given by Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, at the launch of the Open Library in October 2005. LibriVox was invited to the launch, and produced audio recordings for "An International Episode," and "Old Christmas," two of the first books scanned into the Open Library collection. (Summary by Hugh)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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