Thanks all!
Cunctator - As Juergen notes, the search tool does index some major open access
repositories already. We've gone back and forth on including open access repositories
into the tool more directly (i.e. listing them in 'My Library') because we
weren't sure what criteria to use for listing a publication/website, we could imagine
quite easily having an unwieldy list of a huge number of free-to-read websites that's
difficult to navigate. For that reason we focused on the paywalled repositories for now.
Curious to hear if folks have any ideas about how we could include an open
access/free-to-read section which has reasonable boundaries.
Anupam - "My Collections" are the resources which are available for you to
access right now; by default you'll have a bunch here which are immediately accessible
to all users. "Available Collections" are the additional resources which have a
limited number of concurrent users; these you need to apply to access before they'll
be added to "My Collections".
Xavier - We're absolutely looking to diversify the languages covered by the
library's collections! Once you're logged in please head over to
and add any suggestions you have, or
'upvote' other suggestions. We get all the content for the library through
partnerships and this list, among others, directly feeds into our prioritisation of which
resources to pursue.
Best,
Sam
On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 at 11:06, F. Xavier Dengra i Grau via Wikimedia-l
<wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
Congratulations for this step forward and to
everyone that has been involved!
The Wikipedia Library is amazing news for those that do not have institutional accesses.
I know that it’s a bit early for this question, but maybe someone can already give me some
answer :)
Is it expected that in the future we can agree with some paywall repositories/journals
that offer publications in other (minor) languages to include the Wikipedia Library as one
of their institutional accesses? In case of their approval or interest, to whom do we then
address for the formalities?
Kind regards and thank you for this again!
Xavier Dengra
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El dimecres, 19 de gener 2022 a les 18:09, Sam Walton <swalton(a)wikimedia.org> va
escriure:
Hi all,
We've just published a blog post summarising the new features and functionality
available to active Wikipedia editors in The Wikipedia Library:
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/01/19/the-wikipedia-library-accessing-free-…
The Wikipedia Library is a tool providing active Wikipedia editors with free access to
otherwise-paywalled resources, including journals, books, newspapers, magazines, and
databases. Over the past 5-10 years the library has built up a large collection of content
from a wide range of publishers.
In the past couple of years we've been finalising the centralised Wikipedia Library
tool used for accessing all this content:
https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/. I'm
really pleased to announce that we've finished work on some long-requested and planned
features which make it really simple to use!
The library now has:
- Proxy-based authentication for direct access of resources without a secondary login
- A centralised search feature for browsing multiple collections from one place
- An on-wiki notification to let editors know about the library when they have crossed
the eligibility threshold (rolling out in stages throughout January)
As the project I first joined the Wikimedia Foundation to work on years ago I'm
personally thrilled that we've finally been able to deploy all these features!
If you're eligible to use the library (500+ edits, 6+ months editing) you can jump in
and start using the library straight away. We're now working on expanding and
diversifying the content available in the library, so let us know on the suggestions page
if there are collections you want us to make available:
https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/suggest/
If the tool isn't currently localised into your language, you can translate it on
TranslateWiki:
https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:Wikipedia_Library_Card_Platform
We're planning to host some Office Hours, which will be a chance to get a walkthrough
of how to use the library, as well as discuss your research needs and requests for new
collections with the team. Look out for more on that in the coming weeks.
--
Sam Walton
Product Manager, The Wikipedia Library
swalton(a)wikimedia.org
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