Stan Shebs wrote:
Timwi wrote:
Stan Shebs wrote:
Universities tend to be a little more standoffish about this sort of thing; faculty and students are focused on their studies, and the unwashed masses of the general public 1/2 :-) are an unwelcome distraction.
Would it help if one of the Wikipedians is a student of the University in question, and the session is done this summer before the beginning of the next term?
If said student was the child of a top donor, perhaps. :-) Not to be too cynical, but students are pretty low in the academic hierarchy. I think it would take a dean or full professor who was a WP enthusiast to have sufficient pull to arrange to commandeer part of the university's library - we have some academics on this list, perhaps they could weigh in on what they think they could arrange at their own institutions.
I see. Well, I suppose I wasn't actually thinking of trying to arrange anything with the library beforehand. The [[Cambridge University Library]] is huge -- I'm pretty sure a few hundred unexpected visitors won't disrupt everyday happenings enough to be thrown out. Especially not at this time of year, before the beginning of the next term, where the library is as good as empty. That's why I mentioned that.
Timwi