The Future of Libraries and Wikipedia: Connecting a circle of research and dissemination by connecting readers and editors with libraries and publishers. Big ideas to turn Wikipedia into the starting point for deep research while exposing the rich collections of libraries and archives.

1. Librarypedia
The Future of Libraries and Wikipedia
@JakeOrlowitz, User:Ocaasi

2. The Library Connection
WP only as good as our sources
Libraries have the best sources
Wikipedia has the most eyeballs
Connect a circle of research and dissemination
WP as starting point for deeper learning

3. The Wikipedia Library
Gain access to paywalled sources
Facilitate research for editors
Connect to libraries
Lead to free and local sources
Promote open access

4. Access partnerships
Incorporate closed access sources
Donations for mutual benefit
Top editors
Volunteer distributed
High impact metrics

5. 2000 editors
3000 accounts
$1.2 million
14 partners
22% non-english
Impact

6. Thinking big
What if every publisher donated
free access to the 1000 most active
Wikipedians in that subject area?

7. Movement motivation
“Experienced editors repeatedly tell us how happy they are with
receiving access: that they 'need' it and go through 'withdrawal'
without it. Whereas major WMF initiatives (Visual Editor, Flow,
MediaViewer) sometimes frustrate experienced editors because
that investment focuses on audiences such as new-editors and
readers, Wikipedia Library access to reliable sources directly
supports super/top/power editors, helping them recognize how
the Foundation's efforts support their own interests.”

8. Wikipedia Visiting Scholars
Academic tradition
Research affiliates
Unpaid, remote
Full access to collections
Liason to Wikipedia’s community

9. Successful pilot
25 articles each
4 schools
5 scholars
Exposing collections
Impact

10. Thinking big
What if every library or research institution
had one Wikipedia on staff to access their
collections and build the encyclopedia?

11. Satellite branches
Locally run
Centrally supported
Modular services
Language resources
Community driven

12. Impact
Arabic
Chinese
Spanish
German
Meta kit for Your Community...

13. Thinking big
What if every language version of Wikipedia
had its own branch of The Wikipedia Library?

14. Full text reference tool
OCLC Pilot
IP affiliation
Proxy Resolver
Open URL
University initiative

15. Impact
Alpha version
Tool labs
Wikimedia Labs
Local links

16. Thinking big
What if every reference in a Wikipedia article
had the link to the full text source next to it?

17. Resource exchange
WP:RX
Fair use
Academic sharing
Global
OA Button

18. Thinking big
What if any editor anywhere in the
world could be given a fair-use, full-text
copy of the source they need?

19. Building tech
Expose collections
Connect to reference experts
Remix metadata
Demonstrate impact

24. Thinking big
What if every language version of Wikipedia
had its own branch of The Wikipedia Library?

25. OA signalling

26. Thinking big
What if every reference in a Wikipedia article
tagged whether it was free to read or reuse?

27. Thinking bigger
University Partner... Powered by Oxford?
Integrated Search... Online Catalogue?
Research Desk... How-to reference help?
Citation Tech... Bibliography management?
Library Outreach... Quarterly editathons?
Subject guides... Collaborative resource handbooks?
Library interns... Student participation program?
Finding Aids... Archival exposure project?

28. Community coordination
Organizing Ocaasi Sadads The Interior
Accounts Nikkimaria Chris Gualtieri
Outreach Merrilee
Tech Madman Johnuniq Nischanyn
Global Abbad Aschmidt AddisWang

29. Next steps
More partners
visiting scholars
global satellites
tech tools
coordinators
outreach

30. Wikipedia, Libraries = natural allies
Wikipedia is the starting point for research
We lead readers back to sources at libraries
So they can think critically about subjects

31. Questions?
Jake Orlowitz
User:Ocaasi
jorlowitz@gmail.com
@JakeOrlowitz
TWL - http://enwp.org/WP:TWL