The Internet Archive will suspend waitlists for the 1.4 million books in its lending library by creating a National Emergency Library to serve the US’ “displaced learners”. This suspension will run through June 30, 2020, or the end of the US national emergency, whichever is later, it said in an announcement.
During the waitlist suspension, users will be able to borrow books from the National Emergency Library without joining a waitlist, ensuring that students will have access to assigned readings and library materials that the Internet Archive has digitized for the remainder of the US academic calendar, and that people who cannot physically access their local libraries because of closure or self-quarantine can continue to read & thrive during this time of crisis, keeping themselves & others safe.
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