Wikipedia-Library September 2015

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Fwd: New Free Research Access via the Wikipedia Library
by Jake Orlowitz 17 Sep '15

17 Sep '15

Hi! The Wikipedia Library has several new, free research donations available: * EBSCO (very expansive access to academic, newspaper, and magazine sources): <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:EBSCO> * Newspaperarchive.com (historical newspapers from the United States, Canada, UK and 20 other countries--includes Open Access "clippings" feature): <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Newspaperarchive.com> * IMF Elibary (archival collection of IMF reports, studies and research on global economics and development): <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:IMF> * Sabinet (large African digital publisher with a wide range of content in English and other European and African languages): <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Sabinet> * Numérique Premium (French language social science and humanities ebook database with many topical collections): <https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Num%C3%A9rique_Premium> * Al Manhal (Arabic and English database with a variety of sources mainly focused on or published in the Middle East): < https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9… > * Jamalon (Arabic book distributor with physical book delivery to volunteers): < https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9… > Many other are resources are available, including Elsevier ScienceDirect, British Medical Journal, Dynamed, Project MUSE, DeGruyter, Newspapers.com, Highbeam, and HeinOnline. Do better research and help expand the use of high-quality references across Wikipedia projects. Sign up today! The Wikipedia Library Team <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library> p.s. We engaged in a thoughtful debate this week about our access donation partnerships. You can read about our view, and we welcome your comments. <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/09/16/open-access-in-a-closed-world/>

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Academia.edu
by James McArdle 16 Sep '15

16 Sep '15

Dear WPL colleagues, Thank you for responding to my query about making approaches to Academia.edu. I really appreciate having sensible advice. Your feedback indicates caution, and raises the possibility that there may be little to be gained from an arrangement with them; I will go ahead and make queries, especially about the legal side and the user agreement as would relate to WPL access, but shall make no commitments. I'll bring their response back to the list for consideration. Regards, James James McArdle User:Jamesmcardle Message: 1 Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 11:48:41 -0700 From: ahmed yousif <ashashyou(a)yahoo.com> To: wikipedia-library(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikipedia Library] Wikipedia-Library Digest, Vol 10, Issue 5 Message-ID: <1442342921.56119.BPMail_high_carrier(a)web121704.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Just a hint. Being a payable article does not mean that it is not open access. My own experience is that some journals when submitting your article will put a"time frame" for the article. For example 6 years, after that the author can share the article unrestricted. So some authors upload thier articles to academia.edu. Also there is now awealth of open access journals and of open access articles in non-open access journals. Regards, Ahmed Shawky Mohammedin User:ashashyou ------------------------------ > On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 3:04 PM EEST wikipedia-library-request(a)lists.wikimedia.orgwrote: > > Send Wikipedia-Library mailing list submissions to > wikipedia-library(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-library > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikipedia-library-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikipedia-library-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikipedia-Library digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. OA (James McArdle) > 2. Re: OA (Paul S. Wilson) > 3. Re: OA (Paul S. Wilson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2015 23:24:29 +1000 > From: James McArdle <jmcardle(a)vic.chariot.net.au> > To: "wikipedia-library(a)lists.wikimedia.org" > <wikipedia-library(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Wikipedia Library] OA > Message-ID: <639DC974-9E45-4F40-AFA5-38997664A455(a)vic.chariot.net.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi, > > In relation to Open Access papers, I'm wondering if WPL has had dealings with Academia.edu? (I'm new to WPL). Their website makes available papers across all disciplines by current academics who are subscribed. > > Outsiders can see a few recommended articles, but there is a wealth of material hidden from them. I have contacts there as I am one of their recommending editors. > > Can you tell me from your experience, is it worthwhile exploring whether of access can be provided to,or via, WPL for our users? > Regards, > James > > James McArdle > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 11:27:41 -0500 > From: "Paul S. Wilson" <paulscrawl(a)gmail.com> > To: Mailing list for the Wikipedia Library project > <wikipedia-library(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikipedia Library] OA > Message-ID: > <CAOVDCgMKw7VfrHrOmqimO97B+8fSXm40pfG8fc3LKX5GyPmtVA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Interesting question, James. > > Academia.edu serves millions as a personal repository for their academic > preprints (usually legal) and published versions (often not so) - the > question is, do we dare risk such when institutional depositories with > vetting of allowable content are readily available? > > As an experiment, [[Academia.edu]] article has a cited reference to > paywalled content (footnote #11 as of today) to which I've appended a link > to the preprint version of the article on academia.edu, noting "/* > Reception */ + "Academia.edu preprint" (with differing pagination from > canonical published version; other editorial changes likely) of Thelwall & > Kousha (2012)". > > Per Academia.edu's voluminous [https://www.academia.edu/terms terms of > use], such "Member Content" is severely restricted. > > Would be interested in gaining access to site content, if TWL can negotiate > - or learn to live with - latter. > > Paul S. Wilson > Research Coordinator > The Wikipedia Library

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OA
by James McArdle 15 Sep '15

15 Sep '15

Hi, In relation to Open Access papers, I'm wondering if WPL has had dealings with Academia.edu? (I'm new to WPL). Their website makes available papers across all disciplines by current academics who are subscribed. Outsiders can see a few recommended articles, but there is a wealth of material hidden from them. I have contacts there as I am one of their recommending editors. Can you tell me from your experience, is it worthwhile exploring whether of access can be provided to,or via, WPL for our users? Regards, James James McArdle

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Re: [Wikipedia Library] Wikipedia-Library Digest, Vol 10, Issue 5
by ahmed yousif 15 Sep '15

15 Sep '15

Just a hint. Being a payable article does not mean that it is not open access. My own experience is that some journals when submitting your article will put a"time frame" for the article. For example 6 years, after that the author can share the article unrestricted. So some authors upload thier articles to academia.edu. Also there is now awealth of open access journals and of open access articles in non-open access journals. Regards, Ahmed Shawky Mohammedin User:ashashyou ------------------------------ On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 3:04 PM EEST wikipedia-library-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org wrote: >Send Wikipedia-Library mailing list submissions to > wikipedia-library(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-library >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikipedia-library-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >You can reach the person managing the list at > wikipedia-library-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of Wikipedia-Library digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. OA (James McArdle) > 2. Re: OA (Paul S. Wilson) > 3. Re: OA (Paul S. Wilson) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2015 23:24:29 +1000 >From: James McArdle <jmcardle(a)vic.chariot.net.au> >To: "wikipedia-library(a)lists.wikimedia.org" > <wikipedia-library(a)lists.wikimedia.org> >Subject: [Wikipedia Library] OA >Message-ID: <639DC974-9E45-4F40-AFA5-38997664A455(a)vic.chariot.net.au> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >Hi, > >In relation to Open Access papers, I'm wondering if WPL has had dealings with Academia.edu? (I'm new to WPL). Their website makes available papers across all disciplines by current academics who are subscribed. > >Outsiders can see a few recommended articles, but there is a wealth of material hidden from them. I have contacts there as I am one of their recommending editors. > >Can you tell me from your experience, is it worthwhile exploring whether of access can be provided to,or via, WPL for our users? >Regards, >James > >James McArdle > > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 11:27:41 -0500 >From: "Paul S. Wilson" <paulscrawl(a)gmail.com> >To: Mailing list for the Wikipedia Library project > <wikipedia-library(a)lists.wikimedia.org> >Subject: Re: [Wikipedia Library] OA >Message-ID: > <CAOVDCgMKw7VfrHrOmqimO97B+8fSXm40pfG8fc3LKX5GyPmtVA(a)mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >Interesting question, James. > >Academia.edu serves millions as a personal repository for their academic >preprints (usually legal) and published versions (often not so) - the >question is, do we dare risk such when institutional depositories with >vetting of allowable content are readily available? > >As an experiment, [[Academia.edu]] article has a cited reference to >paywalled content (footnote #11 as of today) to which I've appended a link >to the preprint version of the article on academia.edu, noting "/* >Reception */ + "Academia.edu preprint" (with differing pagination from >canonical published version; other editorial changes likely) of Thelwall & >Kousha (2012)". > >Per Academia.edu's voluminous [https://www.academia.edu/terms terms of >use], such "Member Content" is severely restricted. > >Would be interested in gaining access to site content, if TWL can negotiate >- or learn to live with - latter. > >Paul S. Wilson >Research Coordinator >The Wikipedia Library > > > > > > > >On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 8:24 AM, James McArdle <jmcardle(a)vic.chariot.net.au> >wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> In relation to Open Access papers, I'm wondering if WPL has had dealings >> with Academia.edu? (I'm new to WPL). Their website makes available papers >> across all disciplines by current academics who are subscribed. >> >> Outsiders can see a few recommended articles, but there is a wealth of >> material hidden from them. I have contacts there as I am one of their >> recommending editors. >> >> Can you tell me from your experience, is it worthwhile exploring whether >> of access can be provided to,or via, WPL for our users? >> Regards, >> James >> >> James McArdle >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikipedia-Library mailing list >> Wikipedia-Library(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-library >> >

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Re: [Wikipedia Library] Wikipedia-Library Digest, Vol 10, Issue 2
by Jesús Tramullas 11 Sep '15

11 Sep '15

Hi, I think Scholar is a good option, may it be best if we use Scholar button (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/google-scholar-button/ ; https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-scholar-button/ldipcbpaoce…), looking for the paper title. We can use DOAJ (www.doaj.org) if we are looking for quality open access papers (not in predatory journals) Jesús -- "Investigación básica es lo que hago cuando no sé lo que estoy haciendo." "Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing." Wernher von Braun (1957) --#------------------------------------------------------------ Ph.D. Dr. Jesús Tramullas http://tramullas.com Dept. Ciencias Documentación // Library & Information Science Dep. Universidad de Zaragoza 50009 Zaragoza (España) -----------------------------------------------------------#--

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Finding links to OA versions of articles ?
by Sylvain Machefert 11 Sep '15

11 Sep '15

Hi all, There has been quite discussion on a French list I am subscribing to regarding the latest partnership with elsevier (and I suspect we can expect a lot of attraction with this new partnership ...) One of the interesting question raised was: is there any plan to try to automatically find, when. There is a pay walled article referenced somewhere, if an OA version exists, and if yes update the link. I think it should be covered by TWL, if it doesn't exist yet. Do you know anything about any initiative of that kind ? Thanks, Sylvain

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GLAM Ghana
by Raphael Berchie 08 Sep '15

08 Sep '15

Hello everyone this a GLAM project we want to undertake in Ghana. This will help establish partnership between TWL and Ghanaian Libraries and help diversify TWL with Ghanaian contents. Please let us know your suggestions, comments, recommendations and finally your endorsements. Regards *Raphael Berchie* Marketing Manager Farm Fresh Dairies <http://www.bioplasticsghana.com> Wikimedian <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana>,Open Advocate, Climate Change Activist,Blogger <http://rberchie.blogspot.com/> P.O Box CT 10469 Cantoments Accra Ghana

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