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− | ==[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/ The Online Books Page]== | + | ==[https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/ The Online Books Page]== |
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| ''The Online Books Page'' is a website that facilitates access to [[books]] that are freely readable over the [[Internet]]. It also aims to encourage the development of such online books, for the benefit and edification of all. Major parts of the site include: | | ''The Online Books Page'' is a website that facilitates access to [[books]] that are freely readable over the [[Internet]]. It also aims to encourage the development of such online books, for the benefit and edification of all. Major parts of the site include: |
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− | *[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/lists.html An index of over one million online books freely readable on the Internet] | + | *[https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/lists.html An index of over one million online books freely readable on the Internet] |
− | *[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/archives.html Pointers to significant directories and archives of online texts] | + | *[https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/archives.html Pointers to significant directories and archives of online texts] |
− | *[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/features.html Special exhibits of particularly interesting classes of online books] | + | *[https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/features.html Special exhibits of particularly interesting classes of online books] |
− | *[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/getinvolved.html Information on how readers can help support the growth of online books] | + | *[https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/getinvolved.html Information on how readers can help support the growth of online books] |
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− | ''The Online Books Page'' was founded, and is edited, by [http://everybodyslibraries.com/john-mark-ockerbloom/ John Mark Ockerbloom], He is a digital library planner and researcher at the [http://www.upenn.edu/ University of Pennsylvania]. He is solely responsible for the content of the site. | + | ''The Online Books Page'' was founded, and is edited, by [https://everybodyslibraries.com/john-mark-ockerbloom/ John Mark Ockerbloom], He is a digital library planner and researcher at the [https://www.upenn.edu/ University of Pennsylvania]. He is solely responsible for the content of the site. |
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− | The site is hosted by the [http://www.library.upenn.edu/ University of Pennsylvania Libraries], who provide the server, disk space, and network [[bandwidth]] for the site. They also employ the [[editor]], and support him in his various digital library activities (of which it is but one). | + | The site is hosted by the [https://www.library.upenn.edu/ University of Pennsylvania Libraries], who provide the server, disk space, and network [[bandwidth]] for the site. They also employ the [[editor]], and support him in his various digital library activities (of which it is but one). |
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| [[Category: General Reference]] | | [[Category: General Reference]] |