#wikipedialibrary — Public Fediverse posts

📚 Our collaboration with Swissdox, the Swiss media database, is off to a great start. We now have 40 access accounts compared to the original 20, simplifying access to sources behind paywalls.

Additional highly active Wikipedians can apply for access through The Wikipedia Library.

https://wikimedia.ch/en/news/new-partnership-with-swissdox-for-better-source-research/

#wikipedialibrary

📚 Our collaboration with Swissdox, the Swiss media database, is off to a great start. We now have 40 access accounts compared to the original 20, simplifying access to sources behind paywalls.

Additional highly active Wikipedians can apply for access through The Wikipedia Library.

https://wikimedia.ch/en/news/new-partnership-with-swissdox-for-better-source-research/

#wikipedialibrary

@quincy

Du kennst die "Wikipedia Library"? Wer pro Zeitraum 500 Edits in Wikipedia macht, erhält Zugriff. Entspricht dem Zugang zu Literatur in einer Unibibliothek. Dazu auch Publikumszeitschriften. Es ist auch möglich Vorschläge zu machen, was aufgenommen werden soll. Alles was so zum Recherchieren für Wikipedia-Artikel hilfreich ist und digital erschlossen.

#WikipediaLibrary

@quincy

Du kennst die "Wikipedia Library"? Wer pro Zeitraum 500 Edits in Wikipedia macht, erhält Zugriff. Entspricht dem Zugang zu Literatur in einer Unibibliothek. Dazu auch Publikumszeitschriften. Es ist auch möglich Vorschläge zu machen, was aufgenommen werden soll. Alles was so zum Recherchieren für Wikipedia-Artikel hilfreich ist und digital erschlossen.

#WikipediaLibrary

📚 A partnership with Swissdox optimises source research

Wikipedia contributors now have free access to the Swiss media database Swissdox.

Experienced Wikipedians who meet the Wikipedia Library criteria can draw on a collection of over 31 million items from the Swiss press, radio and television when working on Wikipedia articles.

https://wikimedia.ch/en/news/new-partnership-with-swissdox-for-better-source-research/

#wikipedialibrary

📚 A partnership with Swissdox optimises source research

Wikipedia contributors now have free access to the Swiss media database Swissdox.

Experienced Wikipedians who meet the Wikipedia Library criteria can draw on a collection of over 31 million items from the Swiss press, radio and television when working on Wikipedia articles.

https://wikimedia.ch/en/news/new-partnership-with-swissdox-for-better-source-research/

#wikipedialibrary

Un chapitre du livre "Professional Historians in Public" présente un projet pédagogique mené par une université sur la #Wikipédia lusophone. Les wikimédiens ont accès à l'ouvrage via la Bibliothèque Wikipédia. #WikipediaLibrary https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111186047/html

Still have mixed feeling about #WikipediaLibrary. It enables me accessing paywalled journals/books legally. But does it discourage people to use more open access resources?

Anyway as long as the end products (wikipedia articles etc) is open and free it's still a win I guess.

Still have mixed feeling about #WikipediaLibrary. It enables me accessing paywalled journals/books legally. But does it discourage people to use more open access resources?

Anyway as long as the end products (wikipedia articles etc) is open and free it's still a win I guess.

#WikipediaLibrary j'ai fait 2 suggestions :
- obtenir l'intégralité du #Monde via #ProQuest (manque actuellement 1944-2000)
- #ScholarVox, un site de livres universitaires en français (les bouquins sont le point faible de la bibliothèque)

@theresnotime I use Oxford Art Online to add references to #wikidata :wikidata: a lot. Also JSTOR and various journals. #WikipediaLibrary rocks.

@theresnotime I use Oxford Art Online to add references to #wikidata :wikidata: a lot. Also JSTOR and various journals. #WikipediaLibrary rocks.

Leuven University Press offre l'accès à ses contenus à la communauté Wikimédia. #WikipediaLibrary https://lup.be/blogs/news/leuven-university-press-partners-with-the-wikipedia-library-to-enhance-global-knowledge-sharing

It turns out they were the twins Miss Bessie Donovan https://wikidata.org/wiki/Q122346973 & Mrs Grace Ellen Lucas https://wikidata.org/wiki/Q122348827. I found information on them in JSTOR (access provided by the Wikipedia Library) as well as via a search of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. #BHL #WikipediaLibrary #Wikidata

It turns out they were the twins Miss Bessie Donovan https://wikidata.org/wiki/Q122346973 & Mrs Grace Ellen Lucas https://wikidata.org/wiki/Q122348827. I found information on them in JSTOR (access provided by the Wikipedia Library) as well as via a search of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. #BHL #WikipediaLibrary #Wikidata

@thisismyglasgow Down the rabbit hole from West George St! Your photo and text on #verdigris led me off into fascinating articles on "Verdigris and the Entrepreneuse" about the women-organised industry and international trade based in 18th century Montpellier. ( Access thanks to #wikipedialibrary )

@thisismyglasgow Down the rabbit hole from West George St! Your photo and text on #verdigris led me off into fascinating articles on "Verdigris and the Entrepreneuse" about the women-organised industry and international trade based in 18th century Montpellier. They doused copper strips in strong red wine, left to ferment, then the crystals were scraped off and pulverised. ( Journal access thanks to #wikipedialibrary , always a useful resource )

English version:

Would you like to gain access to scientific #journals and #databases?

If you are an active contributor to (whichever language version of) #Wikipedia, you can login to ‘Wikipedia Library’ with your existing account and get instant access to 70+ sources. (You can apply for access to additional sources.)

Find out if you qualify* already: https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/

* Signed up 6+ months ago, made 500+ edits, of which 10+ in the last month, no active blocks

#WikipediaLibrary

Für alle, die gerne Zugriff auf wissenschaftliche #Zeitschriften und #Datenbanken hätten:

Wer in der #Wikipedia (Sprache egal) aktiv ist, kann sich mit dem eigenen Account bei der ›Wikipedia Library‹ anmelden und erhält direkt Zugang zu 70+ Quellen. (Für weitere Zugänge kann man sich bewerben.)

Hier könnt ihr schauen, ob ihr die Kriterien* erfüllt: https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/

* ≥6 Monate angemeldet, ≥500 Bearbeitungen, davon ≥10 im letzten Monat, keine aktive Sperrung

#WikipediaLibrary

Surprise. Je reçois un message sur mon compte #wikipedia en français, comme quoi j'ai obtenu -sans rien demander- l'accès à https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/about/
"La Bibliothèque Wikipédia permet aux éditeurs actifs d’accéder gratuitement à une vaste collection de sources fiables payantes!
[Grâce à] ces critères basiques :
Vous avez un compte depuis au moins 6 mois;
Vous avez réalisé au moins 500 contributions aux projets de Wikimedia.;
Vous avez fait au moins 10 modifications aux projets Wikimedia au cours du dernier mois;
vous n’êtes actuellement pas bloqué en écriture sur un projet de #Wikimedia."
#wikipedialibrary

Surprise. Je reçois un message sur mon compte #wikipedia en français, comme quoi j'ai obtenu -sans rien demander- l'accès à https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/about/
"La Bibliothèque Wikipédia permet aux éditeurs actifs d’accéder gratuitement à une vaste collection de sources fiables payantes!
[Grâce à] ces critères basiques :
Vous avez un compte depuis au moins 6 mois;
Vous avez réalisé au moins 500 contributions aux projets de Wikimedia.;
Vous avez fait au moins 10 modifications aux projets Wikimedia au cours du dernier mois;
vous n’êtes actuellement pas bloqué en écriture sur un projet de #Wikimedia."
#wikipedialibrary

@JakeOrlowitz hi Jake, thanks for following. I am quite interested to learn about about #WikipediaLibrary & related. It is new to me, but right up my alley, as I formerly worked in scholarly/professional publishing, am librarian by study and former work and inclination, run #HousingWiki, and constantly access or try to access paywalled sources. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library