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A comment on Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library Harms Authors.

Re:Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library Harms Authors by decasteve on Sunday March 29, 2020 @09:02AM (#22718643)
"Unlike a real library..."

The online equivalent can stay open in these times. Physical libraries cannot. The ability to make books accessible while people are isolated is a good reason for the Internet Archive to open up in cases of emergency.

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Re:Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library Harms Authors by erikerikson on Sunday March 29, 2020 @11:00AM (#22719531)
See also Hoopla [1]. It works as you describe. Our local library offers it and yours might too.

[1] https://www.hoopladigital.com/

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