Announcing a National Emergency Library to Provide Digitized Books to Students and the Public
Internet Archive Blog
24 Mar 2020
Library Resource Management
To address our unprecedented global and immediate need for access to reading and research materials, as of today, March 24, 2020, the Internet Archive will suspend waitlists for the 1.4 million (and growing) books in our lending library by creating a National Emergency Library to serve the nation’s displaced learners…
During the waitlist suspension, users will be able to borrow books from the National Emergency Library without joining a waitlist…and that people who cannot physically access their local libraries because of closure or self-quarantine can continue to read and thrive during this time of crisis, keeping themselves and others safe...
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