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Date: Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 6:08 AM
Subject: It's Official: Announcing The National Emergency Library
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The Internet Archive is suspending book waitlists as a response to
COVID-19, worldwide quarantines, and school and library closures.
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*Announcing The National Emergency Library*
During this unprecedented time in history, access to printed books is
becoming difficult or impossible. COVID-19 is forcing students, educators,
and everyday readers to rely on digital books more than ever before. Thatâs
why *the Internet Archive has temporarily suspended all waitlists*,
allowing you to immediately check out any of the 1.4 million books
currently in our lending library. Until June 30th or the end of the US
national emergency (whichever comes later), every borrowable book will be
immediately accessible by anyoneâcreating, in effect, a National Emergency
Library
<http://blog.archive.org/2020/03/24/announcing-a-national-emergency-library-to-provide-digitized-books-to-students-and-the-public/?iax=ntlemrlib%7ctxtlnk>.
READ THE ANNOUNCEMENT
<http://blog.archive.org/2020/03/24/announcing-a-national-emergency-library-to-provide-digitized-books-to-students-and-the-public/?iax=ntlemrlib%7cctalnk>
<https://archive.org/details/nationalemergencylibrary/?iax=ntlemrlib%7cimglnk>
As of March 19th, almost a billion students around the world
<https://www.economist.com/international/2020/03/19/how-covid-19-is-interrupting-childrens-education>
have been affected by school closures, obstructing their access to
educational materials. Thousands of community and academic libraries have
been forced to close their physical locations as well, further complicating
the lives of readers. We hope that this new policy will provide everybody
with the resources to keep readingâwhether you need classic literature
<https://archive.org/details/nationalemergencylibrary/?iax=ntlemrlib%7ctxtlnk&sin=&sort=-downloads&&and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22American%20literature%22>,
science textbooks
<https://archive.org/details/nationalemergencylibrary/?iax=ntlemrlib%7ctxtlnk&sort=-downloads&and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22Physics%22>,
genre fiction
<https://archive.org/details/nationalemergencylibrary/?iax=ntlemrlib%7ctxtlnk&and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22Detective%20and%20mystery%20stories%22>,
or even just bedtime story material
<https://archive.org/details/nationalemergencylibrary/?iax=ntlemrlib%7ctxtlnk&and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22Stories%20in%20rhyme%22>.
We have also doubled the number of books you can check out at a time from 5
to 10, so borrow away!
START BROWSING
<https://archive.org/details/nationalemergencylibrary/?iax=ntlemrlib%7cctalnk>
<https://openlibrary.org/?iax=ntlemrlib%7cimglnk>
All these materials can also be found on Open Libraryâour online catalogue
of published books. And not only can you find books in Open Library, but
you can also curate and share reading lists, browse by genre to find new
discoveries, and easily share what you're reading on social media. If we
don't have the book in our collection, then the Sponsor A Book
<https://openlibrary.org/sponsorship/?iax=ntlemrlib%7ctxtlnk> feature lets
you decide what we digitize next!
VISIT THE LIBRARY <https://openlibrary.org/?iax=ntlemrlib%7cctalnk>
<https://openlibrary.org/?iax=ntlemrlib%7cimg2lnk>
If you have questions about the new policy, you can browse our FAQ here
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QjErbouWG7pUlzcxPcRk4YEtbYs8ItlVTgLa1DfGh68>.
And if you want some tips and tricks for using our interface to read
online, you can visit our help center!
GET HELP
<https://help.archive.org/hc/en-us/articles/360016405152-Books-and-Texts-A-Basic-Guide->
Here at the Internet Archive, we believe that access to knowledge is a
fundamental human rightâand in a time of quarantines and school closures,
providing that access is more important than ever. We hope that this change
in our lending policy helps you find solutions during this period of
uncertainty.
Thanks for being one of our patrons.
-The Internet Archive Team
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