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<span style="font-size: 3em; color: #ADC2E4;">'''The Wikipedia Library'''</span>
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<span style="font-size: 3em; color: #ADC2E4;">open research hub</span></div>
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The Wikipedia Library connects editors with libraries, open access resources, paywalled databases, and research experts<br><br></div>
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'''The Wikipedia Library''' is a place for active Wikipedia editors to gain access to the vital reliable sources that they need to do their work and to be supported in using those resources to improve the encyclopedia. We aim to make access and use of sources free, easy, collaborative and efficient.
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<center> '''email: ''' [mailto:wikipedialibrary@gmail.com wikipedialibrary{{@}}gmail.com] – '''twitter: ''' [http://twitter.com/WikiLibrary @WikiLibrary] – '''facebook: ''' [http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Wikipedia-Library/343609745741269 The Wikipedia Library]</center><br>
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=== Goals ===
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We are working together towards 5 big goals that create an open hub for conducting research:
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*Connect editors with their '''local library and freely accessible''' resources
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*Partner to provide free '''access to paywalled publications''', databases, universities, and libraries
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*Build '''relationships among our community''' of editors, libraries, and librarians
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*Facilitate '''research for Wikipedians''', helping editors to find and use sources
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*Promote broader '''open access''' in publishing and research
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=== How to do it ===
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The Wikipedia Library supports editors to find existing sources that are accessible already, while arranging partnerships which provide access to paywalled sources. Here's how we do this:
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:'''Donation of accounts by individual publishers'''. We approach research databases and simply ask for donation. We have over 4,500 accounts from [[w:Wikipedia:HighBeam]], [[w:Wikipedia:Questia]], [[w:Wikipedia:Credo Reference|Credo]], [[w:Wikipedia:JSTOR]], and [[w:Wikipedia:Cochrane Collaboration|Cochrane]]. This provides direct access, which would individually cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Let's find ways to scale these partnerships to be more comprehensive and easier to manage.
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:'''Wikipedia Visiting Scholars'''. Suggested by Peter Suber at the Harvard Open Access project, we will approach university libraries or academic units within institutions and invite them to designate select Wikipedia editors as remote, unpaid visiting scholars, research affiliates or fellows with full library access. This builds our relationships with university libraries in lightweight ways.
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:'''University partnerships'''. We'll target whole institutions and connect ''The Wikipedia Library'' with their library resources directly; for example, "The Wikipedia Library, partnered with MIT." This is a way to scale source access, although it is more challenging technically and legally.
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:'''Library catalogue integration'''. Connecting to the multitude of existing source indexes and databases streamlines the research process for editors. We're exploring a partnership with [[w:Wikipedia:OCLC]], the world's largest library cooperative, to facilitate easier searching for and access to both open and closed access books, journals, and digital collections.
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:'''Leverage our Wikipedia researchers'''. Through the Reference Desk, Resource Exchange, and Wikiproject Libraries, we have an army of talented information specialists. Let's connect with and support those research experts to use their skills for the benefit of the community.
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:'''Build tools which support research'''. Developing technology to connect directly with available sources, library search interfaces, citation indexes, and authorized websites makes all this easier.
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:'''Make open access obvious'''. Piloting programs that signal when sources are freely accessible, and streamline pathways to collections of open repositories and publications encourages the cycle of open access.
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== Research Resources ==
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The Wikipedia community is overflowing with reference and research experts, digital librarians, information curators, open access supporters, and database tools. Here's how you can find them and use them:
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# '''[[w:Wikipedia:Reference desk|Reference desk]]''': ask questions and get answers about specific research topics on wikipedia.
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# '''[[w:Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request|Resource exchange]]''': find sources and trade access to references you need to building articles
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# '''[[w:Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library/Resources|Resource collections]]''' access research in many fields using freely available sources
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# '''[[w:Wikipedia:Book sources|Book sources]]''': search open library catalogues for the works that define your research
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# '''[[w:Wikipedia:WikiProject Libraries|Wikiproject Libraries]]''': join a community of Wikipedians passionate about libraries
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# '''[[w:Wikipedia:OCLC|Global library networks]]''': help us partner with the world's library cooperatives, like OCLC
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# '''[[#sign-up|Account donations]]''': access free accounts donated to the Wikipedia Library by partners
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== Join In ==
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=== Sign up for free access===
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Generous donations from our partners have given us thousands of free accounts. More are on the way. Sign up for the ones you want and can use.
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:'''[[w:Wikipedia:Credo|Credo]]'''<br>
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:'''[[w:Wikipedia:HighBeam|HighBeam]]'''<br>
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:'''[[w:Wikipedia:Questia|Questia]]'''<br>
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:'''[[w:Wikipedia:JSTOR|JSTOR]]'''<br>
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=== Read the newsletter ===
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Get announcements about new free access donations and partnerships with delivery of ''The Bookmark.''<br>
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:'''[[w:Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/Recipients|Get the newsletter]]'''
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=== Get involved ===
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'''You're invited to join in this open project!''' Help Wikipedians collaborate and do amazing research. There are numerous ways to get involved--project management, institutional outreach, research assistance, community organizing, library help, technology and tool-building, graphic design--we'll find a path that best uses your strengths. Create a profile and get involved.
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