We were about to promote the National Emergency Library but saw this
article in NPR today, which made us put on the brakes:
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/30/823797545/authors-publishers-condemn-the-national-emergency-library-as-piracy
<http://www.fvrl.org/>
Linda Landi
Senior Collection Development Librarian
360-906-4992
Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries
1007 E Mill Plain Blvd, Vancouver WA 98663
My pronouns are: She / Her / Hers
On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 8:42 AM Laura Turner <lauraturner_at_sandiego.edu>
wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
>
> I'm reaching out to see how other academic libraries are handling ebook
> requests for titles that are not available through traditional academic
> suppliers (Proquest, EBSCO, etc.). An example would be Bill Nye's
> Unstoppable, published by St. Martin's, so more of a popular non-fiction
> title. Specifically, Overdrive seems to have been a resource for that kind
> of material that is no longer available at our city public library, though
> they do have a couple of other platforms. Has your academic library worked
> with Overdrive?
>
> Also, has anyone begun pointing users to Internet Archive's "National
> Emergency Library" for access at least to scanned titles that you might
> already have in your print collection?
>
> Please feel free to respond off-list, if you prefer.
>
> Thanks,
> Laura
>
> *Laura Turner*
> *Head of Collections, Access, and Discovery*
> Helen K. and James S. Copley Library / University of San Diego
> 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110-2492
> Phone: (619) 260-2365 | lauraturner_at_sandiego.edu
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