Public Statement: Supporting Waitlist Suspension for Books Loaned by the Internet Archive During the US National Emergency

March 24, 2020

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[Announcement] [FAQs]

I support the Internet Archive and its mission to provide “Universal Access to All Knowledge.”

During this time of school and library closure at global scale, and a US national emergency, I support the Internet Archive’s use of Fair Use to eliminate waitlists for the books it lends to users through the latter of June 30, 2020, or the end of the US national emergency.  The Internet Archive will use existing digital rights management controls to restrict the unlawful redistribution of these books.

These actions will support emergency remote teaching, research activities, independent scholarship, and intellectual stimulation while universities, schools, training centers, and libraries are closed.  

Relevant documents:

• Public Statement of Library Copyright Specialists: Fair Use & Emergency Remote Teaching & Research. (2020, March 13).
• Courtney, K. (2020, March 11). COVID-19, Copyright, & Library Superpowers (Part I).

Endorsers

Institutional

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Aaniiih Nakoda College

Abell Library - Austin College

Alameda County Library

Amherst College

Arcadia Fund - a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin

Armacost Library, University of Redlands

Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)

Auburn University

Bates College

Biblioteca Nacional Aruba - National Library of Aruba

Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL

Boston Public Library

Bowdoin College

Brooklyn Public Library

Brown University Library

Califa Group

California Academy of Sciences Library

California Institute of the Arts

California State University, Long Beach

Carleton College

Carroll College

Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian

Chief Officers of State Library Agencies

City University of New York Libraries

The Claremont Colleges Library

Clemson University

Colorado State University

Connecticut College

Cooperating Libraries in Consortium (CLIC), St. Paul, MN

Cornell University Library

Dartmouth College Library

DePauw University

Digital Democracy

Drake University

Duke University Libraries

East Carolina University

Eastern Academic Scholars’ Trust (EAST)

Eckerd College

Emory University

The Evergreen State College

George Blood Audio/Video/Film/Data

George Washington University

GrassROOTS Community Foundation

Greater Western Library Alliance

Grinnell College Libraries

Hamilton Public Library

Haverford College

Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME)

Iowa State University

James Madison University Libraries

Kalamazoo College Library

Kent State University Libraries

Lafayette College Libraries

Lake Forest College, Donnelley and Lee Library

The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary

Little Big Horn College

Long Beach (NY) Public Library

Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Metropolitan New York Library Council

Michigan State University

Middlebury College Library

Miles Community College Library

Milton Public Library (Ontario, Canada)

MIT Libraries

The MIT Press

Montana State University

Mount Holyoke College

Multnomah County Library

Oberlin Group of Libraries

Orbis Cascade Alliance

Oregon Talking Book and Braille Library

Penn State

Penn State University Press

Phillips Academy, Andover

Public Knowledge

Public.Resource.Org

Purdue University Libraries

Randolph-Macon College

ReadersFirst

Reed College

Research Libraries UK

Robert Morris University

Robert Schalkenbach Foundation

Rutgers University Library

Ruth Enlow Library of Garrett County

Sacramento Public Library

SCELC

Simmons University Library

Simon Fraser University Libraries

Skidmore College

Smith College

Sonoma County Library

St. Mary’s County Library

St. Olaf College Library

Substance Abuse Librarians & Information Specialists, Incs.

Swarthmore College

Texas A&M University

Texas Digital Library

Tougaloo College Library

University of Arizona Libraries

University of California, Santa Barbara

University of Colorado Boulder

University of Connecticut

University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press

University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

University of Montana Western

University of New Mexico Libraries

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

University of North Dakota, Chester Fritz Library

University of Oklahoma Libraries

University of Pittsburgh

University of South Carolina

University of Tennessee Libraries, Knoxville

University of Warwick Library

University of Washington

University System of Maryland & Affiliated Institutions

Ursinus College

Warren County Community College

Wellesley College

Wheaton College Library MA

Whitman College

Whose Knowledge?

Wikimedia Italia

William & Mary Libraries

Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Gordon Library

Worthington Libraries

Individual

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Update: April 23, 2020: We have received threats of violence and intimidation targeting endorsers. For the safety and security of information professionals in our community, we are making the list of endorsers private.  To date we have had more than 200 individuals endorse, continuing daily. You can support the suspension of waitlists via the form at https://forms.gle/gTc2dA4b4cWwGWfZ8.