[Wikipedia-l] Using Wikipedia to Extend Digital Collections

[Fred Bauder]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lars Aronsson [mailto:lars at aronsson.se]
>Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 08:59 AM
>To: wikipedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org
>Subject: [Wikipedia-l] Using Wikipedia to Extend Digital Collections
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>
>In the current issue of D-Lib Magazine, a web journal for 
>reasearch into digital libraries, Ann M. Lally and Carolyn E. 
>Dunford at University of Washington Libraries describe how they 
>have inserted external links into (the English) Wikipedia articles 
>as a way to promote use of their library's website of digitized 
>material.
>
>"Using Wikipedia to Extend Digital Collections",
>http://dlib.org/dlib/may07/lally/05lally.html
>
>
>-- 
> Lars Aronsson (lars at aronsson.se)
> Aronsson Datateknik - http://aronsson.se

I think this is a legitimate extension of our purpose, making information available. I would encourage them if they are encountered.

Fred