2025:Program/The Wikipedia Library; An overview and opportunities to collaborate!
Session title: The Wikipedia Library; An overview and opportunities to collaborate!
- Session type: Lecture
- Track: Partnerships
- Language: en
🎥 Session recording: https://w.wiki/FQru 🎥
This session will provide an overview of The Wikipedia Library, how partnerships work for the project, opportunities to collaborate.
Description
The Wikipedia Library provides Wikimedians access to paywalled research material for free, that they can use for their research and citations on Wikimedia projects. The library currently has over 100 content collections from partners across the world, in more than 30 languages. This will be collaborative session between WMF and a community member, where we will be providing an overview of how The Wikipedia Library works, how partnerships work for the project and opportunities for the community to collaborate. The objectives of the session are to provide Wikimedians with up to date information on how they can use The Wikipedia Library for their contributions to Wikimedia projects and give them clarity on how they can collaborate with the project.
- How does your session relate to the event theme, Wikimania@20 – Inclusivity. Impact. Sustainability?
Aligned with this year's conference theme of inclusivity, the session case studies will highlight how The Wikipedia Library is expanding its content coverage to include content from and about regions beyond North America and Europe
- What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?
Everyone can participate in this session
Resources
Speakers
- Vipin SJ
- Vipin SJ is a Senior Partnerships Manager at the Wikimedia Foundation. Vipin focuses on building strategic partnerships with publishers, media and international non-governmental organizations to advance the Wikimedia movement.