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including​ ​an​ ​OCLC​ ​identifier​ ​that​ ​links​ ​to​ ​libraries​ ​in​ ​which​ ​the​ ​book​ ​can​ ​be​ ​found.​¹⁴​​ ​This service,​ ​alongside​ ​similar​ ​services​ ​offered​ ​by​ ​Crossref​ ​for​ ​DOIs​ ​and​ ​using​ ​the​ ​PMID​ ​database, ensures​ ​that​ ​citation​ ​information​ ​provided​ ​in​ ​a​ ​Wikipedia​ ​ ​article​ ​points​ ​readers​ ​to​ ​a​ ​deeper resource​ ​on​ ​the​ ​topic.

Lastly,​ ​TWL​ ​is​ ​working​ ​on​ ​the​ ​frontiers​ ​of​ ​meta-knowledge​ ​about​ ​our​ ​project's​ ​content.​ ​Wikidata (https://wikidata.org/​)​ ​is​ ​a​ ​newer​ ​Wikimedia​ ​project​ ​created​ ​to​ ​store​ ​structured​ ​data.​ ​It​ ​is​ ​a language-independent,​ ​linked,​ ​open,​ ​structured​ ​database​ ​that​ ​is​ ​openly​ ​editable​ ​by​ ​both​ ​humans and​ ​computers.​ ​Since​ ​2012​ ​it​ ​has​ ​grown​ ​to​ ​include​ ​over​ ​25​ ​million​ ​items,​ ​each​ ​with​ ​a​ ​unique Wikidata​ ​identifier.​ ​TWL​ ​participates​ ​in​ ​WikiCite​ ​(https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite​),​ ​the collaborative​ ​community​ ​effort​ ​that​ ​aims​ ​to​ ​take​ ​advantage​ ​of​ ​Wikidata​ ​to​ ​build​ ​a​ ​repository​ ​of all​ ​the​ ​citations​ ​on​ ​Wikipedia​ ​and​ ​to​ ​design​ ​tools​ ​to​ ​take​ ​advantage​ ​of​ ​this​ ​rich​ ​data.

With​ ​Librarians:​ ​ ​Collaboration​ ​on​ ​a​ ​Shared​ ​Vision

"My​ ​library

Was​ ​dukedom​ ​large​ ​enough."
— William​ ​Shakespeare

The​ ​Wikipedia​ ​Library​ ​envisions​ ​librarians​ ​and​ ​Wikipedians​ ​as​ ​natural​ ​allies​ ​in​ ​working​ ​towards a​ ​goal​ ​of​ ​access​ ​to​ ​reliable​ ​information.

An​ ​early​ ​effort​ ​pioneered​ ​by​ ​TWL,​ ​in​ ​partnership​ ​with​ ​OCLC,​ ​was​ ​the​ ​creation​ ​of​ ​the​ ​first-ever Wikipedia​ ​Visiting​ ​Scholar​ ​(WVS)​ ​roles.​¹⁵ ​Through​ ​the​ ​WVS​ ​program,​ ​Wikipedia​ ​editors​ ​gain