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Literary Landlords In Plaguetime, Brian L. Frye Jan 2021

Literary Landlords In Plaguetime, Brian L. Frye

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The coronavirus pandemic has affected our lives in countless ways. One of its unfortunate effects was the unavoidable closure of public libraries. Many people rely on public libraries for many different things, including free access to books. When public libraries closed, many people lost access to books, especially new books.

In response, the Internet Archive created the National Emergency Library to make digital copies of books more accessible. The Internet Archive's Open Library is a free digital lending library founded in 2006 that provides digital access to the books in its collection. Currently, the Open Library holds about 4 million …