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
https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/suggest/ 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.
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Product Manager, The Wikipedia Library
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