The Internet Archive digital library was forced to withdraw from its “controlled digital loan” offer more than 500,000 books that it had legally acquired and digitized.
A self-censorship that many researchers, students, Wikipedians and readers deplore throughout the world.
Ask publishers to restore access to the 500,000 books they’ve caused to be removed from the Internet Archive’s lending library.
Let Readers Read | Internet Archive Blogs – https://blog.archive.org/2024/06/17/let-readers-read/
#InternetArchive #Culture #Books #Library #InternetLibrary #DigitalLibrary
A self-censorship that many researchers, students, Wikipedians and readers deplore throughout the world.
Ask publishers to restore access to the 500,000 books they’ve caused to be removed from the Internet Archive’s lending library.
Let Readers Read | Internet Archive Blogs – https://blog.archive.org/2024/06/17/let-readers-read/
#InternetArchive #Culture #Books #Library #InternetLibrary #DigitalLibrary