Internet Archive’s #NationalEmergencyLibrary provides temporary digital access to 1.4M books
(from Internet Archive)
To address the immediate need for access to reading and research materials, as of March 24, 2020, the Internet Archive will suspend waitlists for the 1.4 million+ books in their lending library by creating a National Emergency Library to serve the nation’s displaced learners. This suspension will run through June 30, 2020, or the end of the US national emergency, whichever is later.
During the waitlist suspension, users will be able to borrow books from the National Emergency Library without joining a waitlist, to ensure that students have access to assigned readings and library materials that the Internet Archive has digitized for the remainder of the US academic calendar.
If you have additional questions, please read their FAQ.
How you can help:
- Read books, recommend books, and teach using books from the National Emergency Library
- Sponsor a book to be digitized and preserved
- Endorse this effort institutionally or individually
- Share news about the National Emergency Library with your social media followers using #NationalEmergencyLibrary
- Donate to the Internet Archive
If you have additional questions, please check out our FAQ or contact Chris Freeland, Director of Open Libraries.
Read the full announcement at: http://blog.archive.org/2020/03/24/announcing-a-national-emergency-library-to-provide-digitized-books-to-students-and-the-public/
Access National Emergency Library here.
The National Emergency Library has also been added to our Database A-Z.