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The Open Library 
By Brewster Kahle (b. 1 960) 

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) 

Read by Kristen, Kara, Brad, Gord, Sureka, Eddie, Alex, 
Hugh, Chris, and Sally. Total running time: 00:17:27. 



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Cover picture by Lin Kristensen (2007) (http://commons.wikimedia.org/ 
wiki/File:Old_book_-_Timeless_Books.jpg). Author picture by Joi /to (2009) 
(http://en.wikipedia.Org/wiki/File:Brewster_Kahle_2009.jpg). Cover design by 
Janette Brown. This design is in the public domain. 


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