I have had no reason to post anything here before, but now is the time.
There is currently a concerted effort by four of our largest publishing companies in the US and backed by many other smaller publishing companies to prevent the lending of archived media. https://help.archive.org/help/why-are-so-many-books-listed-as-borrow-unavailable-at-the-internet-archive/
An attack on archival certainly sets up precedent for further legal assaults on our already struggling library system. If this is of concern to you, please contact your representatives and make it be known.
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