National Emergency LibraryMarch 24, 2020, the Internet Archive will suspend waitlists for the 1.4 million (and growing) books, 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. Users will need to create an account to borrow books. launched on March 24, 2020, and closed on June 16, 2020.
After June 16, books in the National Emergency Library are available to one borrower at a time using controlled digital lending.