The Wikipedia Library/Newsletter/November-December 2024
In this issue we highlight a new partner, a note about Newspapers.com, and, as always, a roundup of news and community items related to libraries and digital knowledge.
Partner announcements
[edit ]The Wikipedia Library is announcing free access to a new partner:
- Les Jours: an independent and generalist online media based in France. Les Jours specialises in long-form reporting on topics such as media moguls, feminism, pollution, and discrimination.
See all available partners on your My Collections page.
Tech tip: Newspapers.com
[edit ]Newspapers.com was previously available to all Wikipedia Library users without requiring an application. However, as a result of continuing technical problems with the authentication process, it has been moved back to requiring applications for access. As described at Phabricator:
Newspapers.com have agreed to move back to our old method of granting access, whereby users must first register at Newspapers.com, then apply via The Wikipedia Library, and then accounts are upgraded to a subscribing one by Newspapers.com. We have updated Newspapers.com to accept applications in the library, so you can apply now! This change is unfortunately mutually exclusive with the limited proxy-based access working, so any of the technical workarounds that have been discussed here should no longer work, along with any proxy-based access to Newspapers.com. I hope you agree that this brief bump will be worth it in the long run. As a reminder, this change means that you will need to renew your access on a yearly basis. If you have an email configured in The Wikipedia Library you should receive an email a few weeks before this expiry to remind you to submit an extension request, but brief yearly loss of access may be a side effect of this access method. The good news is that this access method means that you shouldn't encounter any technical problems besides normal operational problems on Newspapers.com's end, which should be few and resolved quickly - otherwise the website should work just as if you were a normal customer.
Once applications are approved they need to be processed by Newspapers.com, which may take a week or two, but once processed your Newspapers.com account should have full access.
Bytes in brief
[edit ]- (English) Access to Science & Scholarship 2024
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