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Poster:	Disabled Community dot Org	Date:	June 29, 2012 08:22:58pm
Forum:	forums	Subject:	OpenLibrary

I am confused.

I have a library card with Archive.Org.

I never used OpenLibrary before today.

When I went over to OpenLibrary and tried to
borrow a book a few minutes ago, it said I needed
to login, even though I am already logged in to the IA
site.

Is something wrong or do I really need two separate
id's.


Lori Guidos

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Poster:	Jeff Kaplan	Date:	June 29, 2012 10:23:53pm
Forum:	forums	Subject:	Re: OpenLibrary

yes, you do need two separate accounts. they are different sites but both are part of The Internet Archive. thank you.

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Poster:	Disabled Community dot Org	Date:	July 01, 2012 08:37:14am
Forum:	forums	Subject:	Re: OpenLibrary

Jeff,

I did go in yesterday and created a user/pw for openlibrary, but did not receive the confirmation email in my inbox. (I also checked spam. I went to OpenLibrary this morning and confirmed that I was registered. Then about 10 minutes ago, I requested my user name and password be sent again. So far nothing has arrived to my inbox or spam.

A question:
Is there a difference between openlibrary.archive.org and the search box at the top of the page in archive.org?
If so, what do you call the content that is searchable at archive.org?

Feedback:
You probably have heard this before, but as an end-user, the archive website is a little confusing. I have had to create three user names and passwords so far (library card, twiki uploading, open library). Is there a plan to integrate the login process?

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Poster:	Jeff Kaplan	Date:	July 03, 2012 09:44:21am
Forum:	forums	Subject:	Re: OpenLibrary

i activated your openlibrary.org account. sorry for the delay. you should be able to log in now. while there is integration, Open Library and archive.org are two separate sites with complementary but different missions.