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body: value: [**Home**](https://openlibrary.org/librarians) | [About Librarianship](https://openlibrary.org/about/lib) |  [Becoming an Open Librarian](https://openlibrary.org/volunteer) | [Librarian Issue Tracker](https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary-librarians) | [Bookmarklets](https://openlibrary.org/developers/bookmarklets) | [Sandbox](https://openlibrary.org/community/sandbox) (old wiki-editing playground)

Welcome to the central hub for Librarian Resources!

**This page is for:**
1. Community members to learn more about contributing edits to pages on Open Library.
2. Learning how to [apply to join the Open Librarians-In-Training community](https://openlibrary.org/librarians-in-training) and ways to help out.
3. Educating Open Librarians (after training) how to use Librarian tools and permissions. 

If you are not yet an Open Librarian-In-Training, you probably want to start here:

https://openlibrary.org/librarians-in-training

## <span name="GettingStarted">Getting Started</span>

Welcome librarians! There are at least 4 ways librarians can help:

1. [Editing][4] & fixing catalog entries (or enhancing them by adding info like "series" or "reading level")
2. [Merging](https://github.com/onnotasler/OpenLibraryDocumentation/) or fixing conflated [works][3] & authors
3. [Creating](https://openlibrary.org/help/faq/collections) a [special collection][1] of [book carousels](https://openlibrary.org/help/faq/collections-carousel-examples) or themed [lists][2]
4. Writing & improving our documentation ([like this current page][5])

Check here for lots of [opportunities](https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary-librarians/issues) to fix metadata!

## Guides

 * [Creating Special Collections](https://openlibrary.org/help/faq/collections) - How you can create your own special collections which show up on openlibrary.org/collections.
 * [Basic Editing of Authors, Works, & Editions](https://openlibrary.org/help/faq/editing) - addresses the most common questions about editing metadata on Open Library. This guide applies to all contributors and is not specific to those with special librarian permissions.
 * <a name="merging"></a> Merging [Authors](https://openlibrary.org/about/lib#merging-authors), [Works](https://openlibrary.org/about/lib#merging-works), & [Editions](https://openlibrary.org/about/lib#merging-editions) - how to combine duplicate records on Open Library.
 * [Internationalization](https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/tree/master/openlibrary/i18n#about) - Everything you need to translate the Open Library website into other languages.


## Librarian Resources

 * [FAQ](https://openlibrary.org/help/faq) (partial duplicate). This page resolves the most common questions about Open Library asked by an Open Library contributor. It should not contain specific information for librarians.
 * [Works and Edition Metadata](https://openlibrary.org/about/work_edition). A list (with examples) of field assignments for Works and Editions in Open Library database. 
 * [Metadata Standards & Formats](https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/wiki/Library-Metadata-Standards) on GitHub
 * [FRBRization](https://openlibrary.org/about/frbrization) by Karen Coyle
 * [Book Identifiers Guide](https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/wiki/Guide-to-Identifiers) on GitHub
 * [Metadata Schema (2019)](https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary-client/tree/master/olclient/schemata)
 * [Library of Congress](https://openlibrary.org/about/loc)
 * [Infogami / Dublin Core Metadata Mapping](https://openlibrary.org/about/infogami-dc)
 * [Librarian Jargon Definitions](https://openlibrary.org/about/lib_defs)
 * [Catalog Implementation (2010)](https://openlibrary.org/about/catalog)

## Historical
 * [Librarian Guidelines](https://openlibrary.org/community/guidelines). **Out of date**
 * [Adding books to open library (manually)](https://openlibrary.org/tour/addbooks). **Out of date**. Information already included in [Editing](https://openlibrary.org/help/faq/editing) and [FAQ](https://openlibrary.org/help/faq). There are several pages with some interesting pages/information to keep/merge: [Using subjects](https://openlibrary.org/tour/subjects) and [Open Library search cheats](https://openlibrary.org/search/howto). 
 * [Open Library's Data Schema Table](https://openlibrary.org/about/schema). **Out of date**

## Third-Party Resources

 * "[Open Library and Librarianship](https://docslib.org/doc/6115919/open-library-and-librarianship-zomuana-joute-abstract)" by Zomuana Joute. A paper concerned about defining an open library, its technology, components, what it will have and provide with respect to the case study of www.openlibrary.


## Adding Librarians

Promoting [librarians](/usergroup/librarians?m=edit) can only be done by a staff administrator or the Lead Community Librarian.


## More

* <a href="https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/wiki/Creating-Community-Lists">Creating Community Lists</a>
* <a href="https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/wiki/Orphaned-Editions-Planning">Orphaned Editions</a>


  [1]: https://openlibrary.org/collections
  [2]: https://openlibrary.org/lists
  [3]: https://github.com/onnotasler/OpenLibraryDocumentation/
  [4]: https://openlibrary.org/help/faq/editing
  [5]: https://openlibrary.org/librarians?m=edit
m: edit
title: Open Librarians Portal