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For​ ​our​ ​editors,​ ​that​ ​means​ ​access​ ​to​ ​world-class​ ​library​ ​and​ ​reference​ ​services​ ​comparable​ ​to​ ​a leading​ ​university​ ​library.​ ​For​ ​our​ ​readers,​ ​who​ ​often​ ​do​ ​not​ ​have​ ​access​ ​to​ ​journals​ ​or​ ​databases, Wikipedia​ ​has​ ​become​ ​a​ ​ubiquitous​ ​gateway:​ ​ ​not​ ​all​ ​information​ ​is​ ​free,​ ​but​ ​most​ ​information can​ ​at​ ​least​ ​be​ ​summarized​ ​and​ ​cited​ ​on​ ​Wikipedia—and​ ​we​ ​are​ ​working​ ​to​ ​make​ ​every​ ​citation lead​ ​somewhere​ ​full​ ​text​ ​can​ ​be​ ​obtained.​ ​With​ ​libraries​ ​and​ ​publishers,​ ​that​ ​means​ ​having​ ​their resources​ ​found​ ​and​ ​used​ ​through​ ​contribution​ ​and​ ​content​ ​production—as​ ​participants,​ ​as experts,​ ​as​ ​builders​ ​in​ ​an​ ​"intellectual​ ​makerspace",​ ​and​ ​as​ ​natural​ ​allies​ ​in​ ​the​ ​common humanitarian​ ​mission​ ​to​ ​share​ ​knowledge​ ​with​ ​the​ ​world​ ​and​ ​all​ ​of​ ​its​ ​people.​20  
 

Endnotes

1. Bruce​ ​Murray,​ ​"The​ ​Wikipedia​ ​Library:​ ​ ​A​ ​Partnership​ ​of​ ​Wikipedia​ ​and​ ​Publishers​ ​to​ ​Enhance Research​ ​and​ ​Discovery,"​ ​CrossRef,​ ​ ​April​ ​4,​ ​2016, http://blog.crossref.org/2016/04/the-wikipedia-library-a-partnership-of-wikipedia-and-publishersto-enhance-research-and-discovery.html​.

2. "Publishers,"​ ​Wikipedia​, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Publishers​.

3. "Grants:IEG/The​ ​Wikipedia​ ​Library,"​ ​Meta-Wiki, https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/The_Wikipedia_Library​.

4. Jake​ ​Orlowitz​ ​and​ ​Patrick​ ​Earley,​ ​"Librarypedia:​ ​ ​The​ ​Future​ ​of​ ​Libraries​ ​and​ ​Wikipedia,"​ ​The Digital​ ​Shift,​ ​January​ ​25,​ ​2014, http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2014/01/discovery/librarypedia-future-libraries-wikipedia/​.

5. "Global,"​ ​Meta-Wiki​,​ ​https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/Global​.

6. Eric​ ​Jennings,​ ​"Using​ ​Wikipedia​ ​to​ ​Teach​ ​Information​ ​Literacy,"​ ​College​ ​&​ ​Undergraduate Libraries​ ​15,​ ​no.​ ​4​ ​(2008):​ ​ ​432-37.​ ​doi:10.1080/10691310802554895.

7. Jimmy​ ​Daly,​ ​"Wikipedia:​ ​ ​When​ ​College​ ​Students​ ​Have​ ​an​ ​Audience,​ ​Does​ ​Their​ ​Writing Improve?"​ ​EdTech​,​ ​October​ ​23,​ ​2013, http://www.edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2013/10/wikipedia-when-college-students-have-audience-does-their-writing-improve​.