[Wikimedia-l] Books and Bytes: The Wikipedia Library Newsletter (#1)

JP BĂ©land lebo.beland at gmail.com
Mon Nov 4 15:39:27 UTC 2013


Another global project located on the English Wikipedia...

JP aka Amqui

2013/11/4 Jake Orlowitz <jorlowitz at gmail.com>

> *Books and Bytes*
>
> Welcome to the inaugural edition of *Books and Bytes*, The Wikipedia
> Library's monthly newsletter. The Wikipedia Library is an open research hub
> for connecting libraries to Wikipedia and encyclopedia editors back to
> libraries and reliable sources.
>
> There's lots of news this month for The Wikipedia Library, including new
> accounts, upcoming events, and new ways to get involved:
>
>
> *New positions: Sign up to be a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar, or a Volunteer
> Wikipedia Librarian
>
> *Wikipedia Loves Libraries: Off to a roaring start this fall in the United
> States: 29 events are planned or have been hosted.
>
> *New subscription donations: Cochrane round 2; HighBeam round 8; Questia
> round 4... Can we partner with NY Times and Lexis-Nexis??
>
> *New ideas:  OCLC innovations in the works; VisualEditor Reference Dialog
> Workshop; a photo contest idea emerges
>
> * News from the library world: Wikipedian joins the National Archives full
> time; the Getty Museum releases 4,500 images; CERN goes CC-BY
>
> * Announcing WikiProject Open:'''  WikiProject Open kicked off in October,
> with several brainstorming and co-working sessions
>
> * New ways to get involved: Free accounts, user profiles, subject guides;
> room for library expansion and exploration
>
>
> Read the full newsletter:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/October2013
>
> Thanks for reading! --Jake Orlowitz (Ocaasi) and Pat Earley (The Interior)
>
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