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{{Infobox project | {{Infobox project | ||
| title = Library Genesis | | title = Library Genesis | ||
| URL = http://gen.lib.rus.ec | |||
| URL = | |||
| project_status = {{online}} | | project_status = {{online}} | ||
| archiving_status = {{partial}} | | archiving_status = {{partial}}, see [[Library_Genesis#Archival_Status|below]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
Library Genesis is a Russian project to create a free online library of ebooks. They currently have about 4 million of them. The project is in blatant violation of copyright, and their domain name is blocked in some countries. | Library Genesis is a Russian project to create a free online library of ebooks. They currently have about 4 million of them. The project is in blatant violation of copyright, and their domain name is blocked in some countries. | ||
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** books on contemporary topics that discuss controversial issues of contemporary society, politics, economics, history, etc. | ** books on contemporary topics that discuss controversial issues of contemporary society, politics, economics, history, etc. | ||
** "Teach yourself woodworking" and other self-teaching books | ** "Teach yourself woodworking" and other self-teaching books | ||
** books about art or music, history or analysis of art [http:// | ** books about art or music, history or analysis of art [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/librarian/] | ||
** Size: around | ** Size: around 32TB | ||
** Count: | ** Count: 2447977 [http://libgen.lc/stat.php] | ||
** Last torrent: r_2105000.torrent (up to 2105999) | ** Last torrent: r_2105000.torrent (up to 2105999) [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/repository_torrent/] | ||
* Foreign fiction | * Foreign fiction | ||
** Non-Russian fiction. | ** Non-Russian fiction. | ||
** Size: around 2TB | ** Size: around 2TB | ||
** Count: | ** Count: 2189439 [http://libgen.io/foreignfiction/index.php?last=&f_lang=All&page=1] | ||
** Last torrent: f_1890000.torrent (up to 1890999) | ** Last torrent: f_1890000.torrent (up to 1890999) [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/foreignfiction/repository_torrent/] | ||
* Scimag | * Scimag | ||
** Scientific papers. | ** Scientific papers. | ||
** Size: around | ** Size: around 68TB [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/stat.php] | ||
** Count: | ** Count: 78935529 [http://libgen.io/scimag/index.php?last=] | ||
** Last torrent: | ** Last torrent: sm_65900000-65999999.torrent [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/scimag/repository_torrent/] | ||
== Database dumps == | == Database dumps == | ||
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Database dumps can be downloaded from: | Database dumps can be downloaded from: | ||
* http://gen.lib.rus.ec/dbdumps/ - automatically generated | * http://gen.lib.rus.ec/dbdumps/ - automatically generated | ||
* | * https://lgdumps.xyz/dumps/ | ||
The repository (the actual .pdf/.epub/.djvu files) can be downloaded from: | The repository (the actual .pdf/.epub/.djvu files) can be downloaded from: | ||
* http:// | * http://gen.lib.rus.ec/repository_torrent/ - sci-tech, torrent | ||
* http:// | * http://gen.lib.rus.ec/foreignfiction/repository_torrent/ - foreign fiction, torrent | ||
* http:// | * http://gen.lib.rus.ec/scimag/repository_torrent/ - scimag, torrent | ||
* http://gen.lib.rus.ec/repository_nzb/ - sci-tech, usenet | |||
== Sci- | == Sci-Hub == | ||
Sci- | Sci-Hub [https://engineuring.wordpress.com/2017/07/02/some-facts-on-sci-hub-that-wikipedia-gets-wrong/ stores papers in Library Genesis] as secondary repository. The repository torrents can be downloaded from: | ||
http:// | * http://gen.lib.rus.ec/scimag/repository_torrent/ | ||
The database is available together with the others under /dbdumps/. | The database is available together with the others under /dbdumps/. | ||
== Torrent structure == | |||
=== Scimag torrents === | |||
Each torrent contains 100 ZIP files, each with 1000 PDFs distributed in directories by their DOI prefix, like: | |||
<pre> | |||
Archive: 66400000/libgen.scimag66499000-66499999.zip | |||
Length Date Time Name | |||
--------- ---------- ----- ---- | |||
6459290 09-18-2017 07:35 10.1109/cybconf.2017.7985822.pdf | |||
631217 09-17-2017 12:01 10.1109/dt.2017.8024325.pdf | |||
... | |||
1047522 09-17-2017 12:02 10.1111/1365-2435.12984.pdf | |||
313688 09-18-2017 07:36 10.1111/1365-2478.12569.pdf | |||
4475172 09-17-2017 08:57 10.1111/1365-2656.12756.pdf | |||
630038 09-16-2017 12:00 10.11120/ened.2013.00008.pdf | |||
... | |||
362678 09-17-2017 12:01 10.11124/JBISRIR-2016-2538.pdf | |||
286640 09-18-2017 07:32 10.1112/jlms%2Fjdw055.pdf | |||
613931 09-16-2017 11:59 10.1112/topo.12000.pdf | |||
176652 09-17-2017 08:58 10.1113/EP086344.pdf | |||
1624320 09-18-2017 07:31 10.1113/JP274736.pdf | |||
1325647 09-18-2017 07:32 10.1113/JP274837.pdf | |||
101628 09-16-2017 12:16 10.1113/JP275085.pdf | |||
472949 09-18-2017 07:35 10.1113/JP275114.pdf | |||
475696 09-16-2017 12:03 10.1113/JP275171.pdf | |||
36566 09-16-2017 12:14 10.1115/1.1410937.pdf | |||
... | |||
--------- ------- | |||
972242341 1000 files | |||
</pre> | |||
== Mirrors == | == Mirrors == | ||
There are various | There are various unofficial mirrors of libgen, such as libgen.pw [https://libgen.pw], BookFI [http://bookfi.net], and B-OK [https://b-ok.org]. | ||
== Archival Status == | == Archival Status == | ||
The Library Genesis Seeding Project [https://old.reddit.com/r/seedboxes/comments/e129yi/charitable_seeding_for_nonprofit_scientific/] is a group effort on Reddit with The-Eye.eu that aims to seed the entire Library Genesis non-fiction collection. Users are actively being recruited to help preserve the library by seeding any parts of the torrent collection they can (each torrent containing 1,000 books is about 10 GB). | |||
Internet Archive has darked (hidden/unindexed) collections. | Internet Archive has darked (hidden/unindexed) collections. |
Latest revision as of 20:49, 24 July 2020
Library Genesis | |
URL | http://gen.lib.rus.ec |
Status | Online! |
Archiving status | Partially saved, see below |
Archiving type | Unknown |
IRC channel | #archiveteam-bs (on hackint) |
Library Genesis is a Russian project to create a free online library of ebooks. They currently have about 4 million of them. The project is in blatant violation of copyright, and their domain name is blocked in some countries.
Collections
Libgen consists of 3 collections:
- Libgen (sci-tech)
- academic monographs, reference books, encyclopedias, conference proceedings, collected works, textbooks, or popular-level expositions on mathematics, science, engineering, medicine, linguistics, economics, history, philosophy, social sciences, and other academic disciplines
- books on contemporary topics that discuss controversial issues of contemporary society, politics, economics, history, etc.
- "Teach yourself woodworking" and other self-teaching books
- books about art or music, history or analysis of art [1]
- Size: around 32TB
- Count: 2447977 [2]
- Last torrent: r_2105000.torrent (up to 2105999) [3]
- Foreign fiction
- Scimag
Database dumps
Database dumps can be downloaded from:
- http://gen.lib.rus.ec/dbdumps/ - automatically generated
- https://lgdumps.xyz/dumps/
The repository (the actual .pdf/.epub/.djvu files) can be downloaded from:
- http://gen.lib.rus.ec/repository_torrent/ - sci-tech, torrent
- http://gen.lib.rus.ec/foreignfiction/repository_torrent/ - foreign fiction, torrent
- http://gen.lib.rus.ec/scimag/repository_torrent/ - scimag, torrent
- http://gen.lib.rus.ec/repository_nzb/ - sci-tech, usenet
Sci-Hub
Sci-Hub stores papers in Library Genesis as secondary repository. The repository torrents can be downloaded from:
The database is available together with the others under /dbdumps/.
Torrent structure
Scimag torrents
Each torrent contains 100 ZIP files, each with 1000 PDFs distributed in directories by their DOI prefix, like:
Archive: 66400000/libgen.scimag66499000-66499999.zip Length Date Time Name --------- ---------- ----- ---- 6459290 09-18-2017 07:35 10.1109/cybconf.2017.7985822.pdf 631217 09-17-2017 12:01 10.1109/dt.2017.8024325.pdf ... 1047522 09-17-2017 12:02 10.1111/1365-2435.12984.pdf 313688 09-18-2017 07:36 10.1111/1365-2478.12569.pdf 4475172 09-17-2017 08:57 10.1111/1365-2656.12756.pdf 630038 09-16-2017 12:00 10.11120/ened.2013.00008.pdf ... 362678 09-17-2017 12:01 10.11124/JBISRIR-2016-2538.pdf 286640 09-18-2017 07:32 10.1112/jlms%2Fjdw055.pdf 613931 09-16-2017 11:59 10.1112/topo.12000.pdf 176652 09-17-2017 08:58 10.1113/EP086344.pdf 1624320 09-18-2017 07:31 10.1113/JP274736.pdf 1325647 09-18-2017 07:32 10.1113/JP274837.pdf 101628 09-16-2017 12:16 10.1113/JP275085.pdf 472949 09-18-2017 07:35 10.1113/JP275114.pdf 475696 09-16-2017 12:03 10.1113/JP275171.pdf 36566 09-16-2017 12:14 10.1115/1.1410937.pdf ... --------- ------- 972242341 1000 files
Mirrors
There are various unofficial mirrors of libgen, such as libgen.pw [9], BookFI [10], and B-OK [11].
Archival Status
The Library Genesis Seeding Project [12] is a group effort on Reddit with The-Eye.eu that aims to seed the entire Library Genesis non-fiction collection. Users are actively being recruited to help preserve the library by seeding any parts of the torrent collection they can (each torrent containing 1,000 books is about 10 GB).
Internet Archive has darked (hidden/unindexed) collections.
- scimag: up to 64000000-64099999
- foreignfiction: up to 1600000
- libgen: up to 2092000