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The project of the Emergency Library of the Group has found support within literary and academic circles. Some authors have asked them to have their work included, Kahle said. More than 300 colleges, libraries, universities and individuals signed in a public statement that supports the shares of the Internet file. The statement says that the emergency library will help with "remote teaching, research activities, independent scholarships and intellectual stimulation, while universities, schools, training centers and libraries are closed."

Lenore, who wrote in New York that other collections should follow the Internet Achive advantage, said she saw the Emergency Library as an effort that is worth helping teachers and students who faced an urgent educational crisis. "People who can buy books should be buying books at this time," Lenore said in an email. "But, meanwhile, in addition to an emergency of public health, there is an educational emergency."