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-r...
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.
This is really well done. One suggestion that's probably already been made and may have various reasons for not including would be to add some of the non-paywalled libraries (like HathiTrust and the Federal Register) as searchable options.
On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 12:10 PM Sam Walton swalton@wikimedia.org wrote:
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-r...
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@wikimedia.org
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+1 to The Cunctator, this is wonderful. I used it thanks to the invite notification you sent to eligible users and it was super fast to get going. Kudos!
On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 12:20 PM The Cunctator cunctator@gmail.com wrote:
This is really well done. One suggestion that's probably already been made and may have various reasons for not including would be to add some of the non-paywalled libraries (like HathiTrust and the Federal Register) as searchable options.
On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 12:10 PM Sam Walton swalton@wikimedia.org wrote:
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-r...
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@wikimedia.org
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A small step in the right direction...
What is the difference between "My Collection" & "Available Collection"?
Anupamdutta73
On Thu, Jan 20, 2022, 02:53 Steven Walling steven.walling@gmail.com wrote:
+1 to The Cunctator, this is wonderful. I used it thanks to the invite notification you sent to eligible users and it was super fast to get going. Kudos!
On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 12:20 PM The Cunctator cunctator@gmail.com wrote:
This is really well done. One suggestion that's probably already been made and may have various reasons for not including would be to add some of the non-paywalled libraries (like HathiTrust and the Federal Register) as searchable options.
On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 12:10 PM Sam Walton swalton@wikimedia.org wrote:
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-r...
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@wikimedia.org
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Thank you ! Will this be translated in French ?
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Le 19 janv. 2022 à 22:23, Steven Walling steven.walling@gmail.com a écrit :
+1 to The Cunctator, this is wonderful. I used it thanks to the invite notification you sent to eligible users and it was super fast to get going. Kudos!
On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 12:20 PM The Cunctator cunctator@gmail.com wrote: This is really well done. One suggestion that's probably already been made and may have various reasons for not including would be to add some of the non-paywalled libraries (like HathiTrust and the Federal Register) as searchable options.
On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 12:10 PM Sam Walton swalton@wikimedia.org wrote: 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-r...
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@wikimedia.org
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Hi Natacha,
The interface is fully translated into French. You can change your language preferences by navigating to your profile ( https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/users/) and scrolling down to the Language preference.
(As an update to my previous email, this link shows the status of all the supported languages: https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:MessageGroupStats/wikipedia-library?g... )
Best, Sam
On Mon, 24 Jan 2022 at 12:01, Natacha Rault via Wikimedia-l < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
Thank you ! Will this be translated in French ?
Envoyé de mon iPhone
Le 19 janv. 2022 à 22:23, Steven Walling steven.walling@gmail.com a écrit :
+1 to The Cunctator, this is wonderful. I used it thanks to the invite notification you sent to eligible users and it was super fast to get going. Kudos!
On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 12:20 PM The Cunctator cunctator@gmail.com wrote:
This is really well done. One suggestion that's probably already been made and may have various reasons for not including would be to add some of the non-paywalled libraries (like HathiTrust and the Federal Register) as searchable options.
On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 12:10 PM Sam Walton swalton@wikimedia.org wrote:
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-r...
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@wikimedia.org
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Well, Hathi Trust is not a good example, I'm afraid, because most content cannot be retrieved from there in this country. However, some open access aggregators have been added, most notably the biggest index for OA papers on the web at https://www.base-search.net/ .
Regards, Jürgen.
Am 19.01.22 um 21:19 Uhr schrieb The Cunctator:
This is really well done. One suggestion that's probably already been made and may have various reasons for not including would be to add some of the non-paywalled libraries (like HathiTrust and the Federal Register) as searchable options.
On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 12:10 PM Sam Walton <swalton@wikimedia.org mailto:swalton@wikimedia.org> wrote:
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-reliable-sources-is-now-easier-than-ever/ <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/01/19/the-wikipedia-library-accessing-free-reliable-sources-is-now-easier-than-ever/> 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/ <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/ <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 <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@wikimedia.org <mailto:swalton@wikimedia.org> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines> and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l> Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/XW32I7VHKR5HIVNY3VG5SFT6NB2QIYTU/ <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/XW32I7VHKR5HIVNY3VG5SFT6NB2QIYTU/> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org>
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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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‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ El dimecres, 19 de gener 2022 a les 18:09, Sam Walton swalton@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-r...
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@wikimedia.org
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@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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‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ El dimecres, 19 de gener 2022 a les 18:09, Sam Walton < swalton@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-r...
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
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Hi Sam,
Thank you for the reply! It's a nice thing that we can already move on within different languages to try to feed more partners into the Wikipedia Library.
I have two doubts or suggestions about the language interface: Once logged in, I can see that there is a language option in the preferences, but perhaps would it be easier and more language-friendly to keep this option more visible in the main display (like Wikidata or Commons do)? Secondly, does the main page (https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/) before the log in automatically detect the browser's default language? Or is it planned to also add a language button?
Thank you once again!
Xavier
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‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ El dijous, 20 de gener 2022 a les 12:16 PM, Sam Walton swalton@wikimedia.org va escriure:
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@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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‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ El dimecres, 19 de gener 2022 a les 18:09, Sam Walton swalton@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-r...
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
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Hi Xavier,
I think that's a great suggestion and something we had in the team's backlog. You can find the Phabricator ticket at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T226804.
The main page does detect the browser language, and will use that interface language if we have a translation for it ( https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:Wikipedia_Library_Card_Platform, though note https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T299898)
On this topic, if anyone is interested in contributing to the library's codebase, it runs on Django (Python) and you can find guidance for setting up the tool locally at https://github.com/WikipediaLibrary/TWLight/wiki. Our team is very happy to support contributors :)
Best, Sam
On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 at 13:38, F. Xavier Dengra i Grau via Wikimedia-l < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi Sam,
Thank you for the reply! It's a nice thing that we can already move on within different languages to try to feed more partners into the Wikipedia Library.
I have two doubts or suggestions about the language interface: Once logged in, I can see that there is a language option in the preferences, but perhaps would it be easier and more language-friendly to keep this option more visible in the main display (like Wikidata or Commons do)? Secondly, does the main page (https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/) before the log in automatically detect the browser's default language? Or is it planned to also add a language button?
Thank you once again!
Xavier
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‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ El dijous, 20 de gener 2022 a les 12:16 PM, Sam Walton < swalton@wikimedia.org> va escriure:
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@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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‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ El dimecres, 19 de gener 2022 a les 18:09, Sam Walton < swalton@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-r...
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@wikimedia.org
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Excellent work. Thanks to all who worked on this project and made it happen.
Todd
On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 10:10 AM Sam Walton swalton@wikimedia.org wrote:
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-r...
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@wikimedia.org
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Hi all,
While the Wikipedia Library is definitely great at providing editors resources to find more information to Wikipedia articles - it does also have the drawback that it makes it much harder for readers to verify that information. It can even cause problems for other editors who haven't opted to join it, when they are working on the same articles as those that have.
Have the issues this creates for readers been documented/discussed somewhere by the Wikipedia Library team? Do the tools point towards where the information might be publicly available outside of the Library? (I've seen some references being added that I could find publicly available through some googling.)
I can't complain too much about this, since it's sadly generally how the world works - particularly coming from the academic side where I don't even see most journal paywalls from my work internet connection. However, I think it's also important to have a balanced viewpoint here, particularly since we're much more on the side of open access than encouraging links to closed access resources.
Thanks, Mike
On 24/1/22 15:39:43, Todd Allen wrote:
Excellent work. Thanks to all who worked on this project and made it happen.
Todd
On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 10:10 AM Sam Walton <swalton@wikimedia.org mailto:swalton@wikimedia.org> wrote:
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-reliable-sources-is-now-easier-than-ever/ <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/01/19/the-wikipedia-library-accessing-free-reliable-sources-is-now-easier-than-ever/> 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/ <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/ <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 <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@wikimedia.org <mailto:swalton@wikimedia.org> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines> and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l> Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/XW32I7VHKR5HIVNY3VG5SFT6NB2QIYTU/ <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/XW32I7VHKR5HIVNY3VG5SFT6NB2QIYTU/> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org>
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I understand where you are coming from Mike, but I'm a bit stumped by it at the same time. Do you apply the same logic to editors using expensive print books they happen to have access through to some sort of connection or other privilege? I often think about this in the opposite way, wrestling information from behind paywalls into the open, I don't know how I feel about anything that would discourage that.
On Wed, 26 Jan 2022 at 17:49, Mike Peel email@mikepeel.net wrote:
Hi all,
While the Wikipedia Library is definitely great at providing editors resources to find more information to Wikipedia articles - it does also have the drawback that it makes it much harder for readers to verify that information. It can even cause problems for other editors who haven't opted to join it, when they are working on the same articles as those that have.
Have the issues this creates for readers been documented/discussed somewhere by the Wikipedia Library team? Do the tools point towards where the information might be publicly available outside of the Library? (I've seen some references being added that I could find publicly available through some googling.)
I can't complain too much about this, since it's sadly generally how the world works - particularly coming from the academic side where I don't even see most journal paywalls from my work internet connection. However, I think it's also important to have a balanced viewpoint here, particularly since we're much more on the side of open access than encouraging links to closed access resources.
Thanks, Mike
On 24/1/22 15:39:43, Todd Allen wrote:
Excellent work. Thanks to all who worked on this project and made it
happen.
Todd
On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 10:10 AM Sam Walton <swalton@wikimedia.org mailto:swalton@wikimedia.org> wrote:
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-r...
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/01/19/the-wikipedia-library-accessing-free-r...
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/ <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/ <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
<https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:Wikipedia_Library_Card_Platform
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I think it's something to bear in mind. Yay, more information on Wikipedia, and more information freely available to the world - but at the same time we tell our readers to use the references to verify the information, which they can't do if it's not openly available.
I think the best thing is to reference things to sources everyone can access - if that's not possible, then use the closed links. But don't encourage closed links at the cost of open ones.
Thanks, Mike
On 26/1/22 18:20:57, Rebecca O'Neill wrote:
I understand where you are coming from Mike, but I'm a bit stumped by it at the same time. Do you apply the same logic to editors using expensive print books they happen to have access through to some sort of connection or other privilege? I often think about this in the opposite way, wrestling information from behind paywalls into the open, I don't know how I feel about anything that would discourage that.
On Wed, 26 Jan 2022 at 17:49, Mike Peel <email@mikepeel.net mailto:email@mikepeel.net> wrote:
Hi all, While the Wikipedia Library is definitely great at providing editors resources to find more information to Wikipedia articles - it does also have the drawback that it makes it much harder for readers to verify that information. It can even cause problems for other editors who haven't opted to join it, when they are working on the same articles as those that have. Have the issues this creates for readers been documented/discussed somewhere by the Wikipedia Library team? Do the tools point towards where the information might be publicly available outside of the Library? (I've seen some references being added that I could find publicly available through some googling.) I can't complain too much about this, since it's sadly generally how the world works - particularly coming from the academic side where I don't even see most journal paywalls from my work internet connection. However, I think it's also important to have a balanced viewpoint here, particularly since we're much more on the side of open access than encouraging links to closed access resources. Thanks, Mike On 24/1/22 15:39:43, Todd Allen wrote: > Excellent work. Thanks to all who worked on this project and made it happen. > > Todd > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 10:10 AM Sam Walton <swalton@wikimedia.org <mailto:swalton@wikimedia.org> > <mailto:swalton@wikimedia.org <mailto:swalton@wikimedia.org>>> wrote: > > 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-reliable-sources-is-now-easier-than-ever/ <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/01/19/the-wikipedia-library-accessing-free-reliable-sources-is-now-easier-than-ever/> > <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/01/19/the-wikipedia-library-accessing-free-reliable-sources-is-now-easier-than-ever/ <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/01/19/the-wikipedia-library-accessing-free-reliable-sources-is-now-easier-than-ever/>> > > 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/ <https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/> > <https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/ <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/ <https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/suggest/> > <https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/suggest/ <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 <https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:Wikipedia_Library_Card_Platform> > <https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:Wikipedia_Library_Card_Platform <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@wikimedia.org <mailto:swalton@wikimedia.org> > > <mailto:swalton@wikimedia.org <mailto:swalton@wikimedia.org>> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > <mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>>, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines> > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines>> and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l> > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l>> > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/XW32I7VHKR5HIVNY3VG5SFT6NB2QIYTU/ <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/XW32I7VHKR5HIVNY3VG5SFT6NB2QIYTU/> > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/XW32I7VHKR5HIVNY3VG5SFT6NB2QIYTU/ <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/XW32I7VHKR5HIVNY3VG5SFT6NB2QIYTU/>> > To unsubscribe send an email to > wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org> > <mailto:wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org>> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines> and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l> > Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/JWBJZKVUGHSMAYDY4GFO7E4RWMOQANDT/ <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/JWBJZKVUGHSMAYDY4GFO7E4RWMOQANDT/> > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines> and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l> Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/SBYDWMEERNAG5PPK4JESN7GIOIK6TJHS/ <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/SBYDWMEERNAG5PPK4JESN7GIOIK6TJHS/> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org>
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Some practical things that could help expand access to referenced sources: --> collab w/ OA Works on an OAButton https://openaccessbutton.org/ / equivalent integration (for works where the author can make it more open) --> collab w/ a free-content annotation + summarization service (like the Wiki Journal Club https://www.wikijournalclub.org/wiki/Main_Page for medicine) to capture working notes + summaries. These will generally be many times longer and more reusable by others interested in the same source, than the single fact / clause / sentences they may be boiled down to in any one article. --> collab w/ IA and TARB https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMTLV2018/Submissions/Turn_All_References_Blue! to raise the priority level of the target for inclusion in the Open Library
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 1:25 PM Mike Peel email@mikepeel.net wrote:
I think it's something to bear in mind. Yay, more information on Wikipedia, and more information freely available to the world - but at the same time we tell our readers to use the references to verify the information, which they can't do if it's not openly available.
I think the best thing is to reference things to sources everyone can access - if that's not possible, then use the closed links. But don't encourage closed links at the cost of open ones.
Thanks, Mike
On 26/1/22 18:20:57, Rebecca O'Neill wrote:
I understand where you are coming from Mike, but I'm a bit stumped by it at the same time. Do you apply the same logic to editors using expensive print books they happen to have access through to some sort of connection or other privilege? I often think about this in the opposite way, wrestling information from behind paywalls into the open, I don't know how I feel about anything that would discourage that.
On Wed, 26 Jan 2022 at 17:49, Mike Peel <email@mikepeel.net mailto:email@mikepeel.net> wrote:
Hi all, While the Wikipedia Library is definitely great at providing editors resources to find more information to Wikipedia articles - it doesalso
have the drawback that it makes it much harder for readers to verify that information. It can even cause problems for other editors who haven't opted to join it, when they are working on the same articlesas
those that have. Have the issues this creates for readers been documented/discussed somewhere by the Wikipedia Library team? Do the tools point towards where the information might be publicly available outside of the Library? (I've seen some references being added that I could find publicly available through some googling.) I can't complain too much about this, since it's sadly generally how the world works - particularly coming from the academic side where Idon't
even see most journal paywalls from my work internet connection. However, I think it's also important to have a balanced viewpointhere,
particularly since we're much more on the side of open access than encouraging links to closed access resources. Thanks, Mike On 24/1/22 15:39:43, Todd Allen wrote: > Excellent work. Thanks to all who worked on this project and made it happen. > > Todd > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 10:10 AM Sam Walton <swalton@wikimedia.org <mailto:swalton@wikimedia.org> > <mailto:swalton@wikimedia.org <mailto:swalton@wikimedia.org>>>wrote:
> > Hi all, > > We've just published a blog post summarising the new featuresand
> functionality available to active Wikipedia editors in The Wikipedia > Library: >https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/01/19/the-wikipedia-library-accessing-free-r...
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/01/19/the-wikipedia-library-accessing-free-r...
> <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/01/19/the-wikipedia-library-accessing-free-r... < https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/01/19/the-wikipedia-library-accessing-free-r...
> > 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 ofcontent
> from a wide range of publishers. > > In the past couple of years we've been finalising thecentralised
> Wikipedia Library tool used for accessing all this content: > https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/ <https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/> > <https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/ <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 thelibrary
> when they have crossed the eligibility threshold (rolling out in > stages throughout January) > > As the project I first joined the Wikimedia Foundation towork on
> years ago I'm personally thrilled that we've finally beenable 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/ <https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/suggest/> > <https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/suggest/ <https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/suggest/>> > > If the tool isn't currently localised into your language, youcan
> translate it on TranslateWiki: >https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:Wikipedia_Library_Card_Platform
<https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:Wikipedia_Library_Card_Platform
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On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 11:25 AM Samuel Klein meta.sj@gmail.com wrote:
--> collab w/ a free-content annotation + summarization service
Strong +1. Summarization of proprietary sources helps to further broaden access to the facts stated therein (summarization of free sources is, of course, useful as well!). I'm not aware of a general wiki-style effort to summarize All The Things; if none exists, IMO this could be a great initiative for Wikimedia itself to take up, especially considering the need for summaries to be available in multiple languages.
Warmly, Erik
Hi all,
The issue of readers not being able to view links to library content is definitely one we're aware of. Ultimately we agree with Rebecca in believing this to be net-positive, in that Wikipedia can now summarise previously inaccessible information, but we absolutely do want to encourage editors to use open access sources wherever possible.
In the new search feature we included an Unpaywall integration which shows links to free-to-read versions of search results alongside the paywalled links wherever possible. This means that editors can choose to cite that version alongside or instead of the 'primary' URL where appropriate.
Additionally some library partners (e.g. Newspapers.com) have functionality by which editors can link to 'clippings' of the source which are free for readers to view. We've been encouraging other publishers to include such features and have even had a few conversations about the potential of making links from Wikipedia to paywalled resources free-to-read based on referring URL, though that's a much harder conversation!
Also worth noting we had a conversation about this back in 2015 and wrote a blog post on the topic you might find helpful: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2015/09/16/open-access-in-a-closed-world/
Best, Sam
On Thu, 27 Jan 2022 at 04:48, Erik Moeller eloquence@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 11:25 AM Samuel Klein meta.sj@gmail.com wrote:
--> collab w/ a free-content annotation + summarization service
Strong +1. Summarization of proprietary sources helps to further broaden access to the facts stated therein (summarization of free sources is, of course, useful as well!). I'm not aware of a general wiki-style effort to summarize All The Things; if none exists, IMO this could be a great initiative for Wikimedia itself to take up, especially considering the need for summaries to be available in multiple languages.
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Hi,
As a follow-up to my previous email, The Wikipedia Library team will be hosting Office Hours next week!
Time:* 10th February, 1pm-2pm UTC* ( https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1644498009) Link:* https://meet.google.com/ycm-rjos-oqc/ https://meet.google.com/ycm-rjos-oqc/*
The Office Hours will be a chance for you to learn about how to get the most out of the library, ask us any questions that you might have, or request that we add certain content that’s of interest to you and your community. If there’s interest in future Office Hours we’d be happy to schedule more at another day/time.
Looking forward to seeing folks there,
Sam
On Thu, 27 Jan 2022 at 10:34, Sam Walton swalton@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi all,
The issue of readers not being able to view links to library content is definitely one we're aware of. Ultimately we agree with Rebecca in believing this to be net-positive, in that Wikipedia can now summarise previously inaccessible information, but we absolutely do want to encourage editors to use open access sources wherever possible.
In the new search feature we included an Unpaywall integration which shows links to free-to-read versions of search results alongside the paywalled links wherever possible. This means that editors can choose to cite that version alongside or instead of the 'primary' URL where appropriate.
Additionally some library partners (e.g. Newspapers.com) have functionality by which editors can link to 'clippings' of the source which are free for readers to view. We've been encouraging other publishers to include such features and have even had a few conversations about the potential of making links from Wikipedia to paywalled resources free-to-read based on referring URL, though that's a much harder conversation!
Also worth noting we had a conversation about this back in 2015 and wrote a blog post on the topic you might find helpful: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2015/09/16/open-access-in-a-closed-world/
Best, Sam
On Thu, 27 Jan 2022 at 04:48, Erik Moeller eloquence@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 11:25 AM Samuel Klein meta.sj@gmail.com wrote:
--> collab w/ a free-content annotation + summarization service
Strong +1. Summarization of proprietary sources helps to further broaden access to the facts stated therein (summarization of free sources is, of course, useful as well!). I'm not aware of a general wiki-style effort to summarize All The Things; if none exists, IMO this could be a great initiative for Wikimedia itself to take up, especially considering the need for summaries to be available in multiple languages.
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This is the best. Thank you for persisting it making it not just useful but fantastic. :)
On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 12:10 PM Sam Walton swalton@wikimedia.org wrote:
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-r...
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@wikimedia.org
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+1 — this is super cool! Congrats to all involved.
On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 7:33 PM Samuel Klein meta.sj@gmail.com wrote:
This is the best. Thank you for persisting it making it not just useful but fantastic. :)
On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 12:10 PM Sam Walton swalton@wikimedia.org wrote:
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-r...
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@wikimedia.org
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