This is really well done. One suggestion that's probably already been made and may have various reasons for not including would be to add some of the non-paywalled libraries (like HathiTrust and the Federal Register) as searchable options.
On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 12:10 PM Sam Walton <swal...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > We've just published a blog post summarising the new features and > functionality available to active Wikipedia editors in The Wikipedia > Library: > https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/01/19/the-wikipedia-library-accessing-free-reliable-sources-is-now-easier-than-ever/ > > The Wikipedia Library is a tool providing active Wikipedia editors with > free access to otherwise-paywalled resources, including journals, books, > newspapers, magazines, and databases. Over the past 5-10 years the library > has built up a large collection of content from a wide range of publishers. > > In the past couple of years we've been finalising the centralised > Wikipedia Library tool used for accessing all this content: > https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/. I'm really pleased to announce > that we've finished work on some long-requested and planned features which > make it really simple to use! > > The library now has: > > - Proxy-based authentication for direct access of resources without a > secondary login > - A centralised search feature for browsing multiple collections from > one place > - An on-wiki notification to let editors know about the library when > they have crossed the eligibility threshold (rolling out in stages > throughout January) > > As the project I first joined the Wikimedia Foundation to work on years > ago I'm personally thrilled that we've finally been able to deploy all > these features! > > If you're eligible to use the library (500+ edits, 6+ months editing) you > can jump in and start using the library straight away. We're now working on > expanding and diversifying the content available in the library, so let us > know on the suggestions page if there are collections you want us to make > available: https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/suggest/ > > If the tool isn't currently localised into your language, you can > translate it on TranslateWiki: > https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:Wikipedia_Library_Card_Platform > > We're planning to host some Office Hours, which will be a chance to get a > walkthrough of how to use the library, as well as discuss your research > needs and requests for new collections with the team. Look out for more on > that in the coming weeks. > > -- > Sam Walton > Product Manager, The Wikipedia Library > > swal...@wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/XW32I7VHKR5HIVNY3VG5SFT6NB2QIYTU/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
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