{"id":309756,"date":"2024-09-10T17:57:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T12:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=309756"},"modified":"2024-09-10T17:57:31","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T12:27:31","slug":"internet-archive-ia-and-digital-book-lending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/internet-archive-ia-and-digital-book-lending\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet Archive (IA) and Digital book lending"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source:\u00a0<\/strong>This post on Internet Archive (IA) and Digital book lending\u00a0has been created based on the article \u201cWhat the Internet Archive case in the U.S. means for digital book-lending<\/a>\u201d,\u00a0<\/strong>published in\u00a0Indian Express\u00a0<\/strong>on 10th<\/sup>\u00a0Sep 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is the news?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

During the COVID-19 pandemic, digital book lending surged as libraries moved online. The Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library extended digital lending without usual restrictions due to which a copyright dispute with publishers arose, highlighting the tension between expanding access and protecting copyright holders’ economic interests.<\/p>\n

About Internet Archive (IA)<\/h2>\n
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1. The Internet Archive was founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle.<\/p>\n

2. It is a nonprofit digital library dedicated to providing free and universal access to knowledge.<\/p>\n

3. It offers an extensive collection of digital content, including books, websites, audio, video, software, and images.<\/p>\n

4, One of its most notable features is the Wayback Machine, which allows users to view archived versions of websites, preserving the history of the internet.<\/p>\n

5. IA has archived over 835 billion web pages, 44 million books and texts, along with millions of audio recordings, videos, images, and software programs. Additionally, it hosts a vast collection of old software and games, which can often be run directly in browsers.<\/p>\n

6. It is especially valuable for researchers from the Global South, where access to academic content is often restricted by paywalls.<\/p>\n

7. The Internet Archive plays a vital role in preserving digital content, protecting important cultural and historical materials from being lost.<\/p>\n

8. It supports research, journalism, and education by ensuring that knowledge remains accessible to everyone, making it an invaluable resource for researchers, historians, and the public.<\/p>\n

About Digital book lending<\/h2>\n

1. It is a method by which libraries and organizations make digitized copies of books available to readers, typically through online platforms.<\/p>\n

2. This process mimics traditional library lending, where readers can borrow a book for a set period of time, with the digital copy being automatically returned after the lending period ends.<\/p>\n

3. It has gained widespread attention for making books more accessible, especially to readers in remote areas or those without access to physical libraries.<\/p>\n

4. One prominent method is Controlled Digital Lending (CDL), where libraries lend out a digital version of a physical book they own, maintaining a 1:1 ratio between the physical copy and the digital loan.<\/p>\n

This ensures that only the number of physical copies a library possesses can be digitally loaned out at any given time, replicating the scarcity of physical lending.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Digital lending has proven vital for ensuring equitable access to books but remains legally complex due to copyright concerns.<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus: Science and technology<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source:\u00a0This post on Internet Archive (IA) and Digital book lending\u00a0has been created based on the article \u201cWhat the Internet Archive case in the U.S. means for digital book-lending\u201d,\u00a0published in\u00a0Indian Express\u00a0on 10th\u00a0Sep 2024. What is the news? During the COVID-19 pandemic, digital book lending surged as libraries moved online. The Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library extended… Continue reading Internet Archive (IA) and Digital book lending<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,1],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-309756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-uncategorized","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309756\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}