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2480638The Wikipedia Library-The largest encyclopedia needs a digital library and we are building it — Conclusion

​Conclusion

"The​ ​only​ ​thing​ ​that​ ​you​ ​absolutely
have​ ​to​ ​know,​ ​is​ ​the​ ​location​ ​of​ ​the​ ​library."
— Albert​ ​Einstein

It's​ ​said​ ​that​ ​"discovery​ ​happens​ ​elsewhere."​19 ​Less​ ​often​ ​said​ ​is​ ​that​ ​elsewhere​ ​is​ ​increasingly Wikipedia.​ ​As​ ​a​ ​top-5​ ​website,​ ​Wikipedia​ ​is​ ​the​ ​sixth​ ​highest​ ​referrer​ ​to​ ​all​ ​DOIs​ ​online.​ ​With this​ ​position,​ ​The​ ​Wikipedia​ ​Library​ ​tackles​ ​the​ ​biggest​ ​challenges​ ​facing​ ​information professionals​ ​today:​ ​ ​discovery,​ ​access,​ ​literacy,​ ​and​ ​participation.

Wikipedia’s​ ​wealth​ ​of​ ​eyeballs​ ​means​ ​that​ ​it​ ​is​ ​an​ ​unparalleled​ ​opportunity​ ​for​ ​exposure​ ​and dissemination​ ​of​ ​content.​ ​Our​ ​goal​ ​is​ ​to​ ​make​ ​Wikipedia​ ​not​ ​an​ ​end​ ​point​ ​for​ ​research,​ ​but​ ​a starting​ ​point​ ​for​ ​deeper​ ​learning​ ​and​ ​research​ ​literacy​—​where​ ​Wikipedia​ ​leads​ ​its​ ​500​ ​million monthly​ ​readers​ ​back​ ​to​ ​information​ ​professionals,​ ​scholarly​ ​resources,​ ​and​ ​full​ ​texts.

​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  
 

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