The Internet Archive is progressing with the collection from Marygrove. Tuesday, it announced that items from the college’s library are now available online. Other librarians may find the story of Marygrove’s library useful at this moment in time, when the COVID-19 pandemic is placing immense pressure on college and university finances and physical spaces like libraries. Speculation runs high that a wave of college closures may be on its way. Even if that wave does not arrive, it’s possible libraries will be seeking responsible ways to downsize their collections, open up building space or lend materials digitally that haven’t been digitized by publishers themselves.
