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For libraries and publishers, the challenge today is having their resources found and used when many students and the public start their research on Wikipedia. This puts us in a unique position where collaboration just makes sense. There's a saying in the reference world that discovery happens elsewhere. What is less often specified is that, these days, elsewhere is Wikipedia. </p><p>For our readers who often do not have free, direct, or easy access to major paywalled journals or niche archives, Wikipedia has become a ubiquitous gateway for access. Not all information is free, but most information can (and hopefully will soon be) at least summarized and cited on Wikipedia. For libraries and publishers, Wikipedia's wealth of eyeballs means that it is an unparalleled opportunity for exposure and dissemination of content. </p><p>The question we then ask is how to get the highest quality information on Wikipedia and to get our readers to dig deeply into it. After all, our goal is to make Wikipedia not an end point for research but a starting point for deeper learning. </p><p>We want Wikipedia to be a major component of a circle of research and dissemination: where librarians, academics, and publishers contribute their sources and expertise—and where Wikipedia leads its massive 500 million monthly readership back to information professionals, scholarly resources, and full texts. </p><p><br/> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wise_words" data-mw-thread-id="h-Wise_words-Our_mission"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wise_words-Our_mission"></span>Wise words<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wise_words-Our_mission"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/About&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Wise words"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p> I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Jorge_Luis_Borges" title="Jorge Luis Borges">Jorge Luis Borges</a></cite></div></blockquote> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1023981488">@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .rquote{width:auto!important;float:none!important}}</style> <table class="rquote pullquote floatright" role="presentation" style="display:table; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; float:right; margin:0.5em 0.75em; width:33%;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"> <td style="color:#b2b7f2; font-size:3.3em; font-family:'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight:bold; padding:4px 2px 2px; width:0.5em; line-height: 1em;">“ </td> <td style="padding:0 10px;">My library <p>Was dukedom large enough. </p> </td> <td style="color:#b2b7f2; font-size:3.3em; font-family:'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight:bold; padding:4px 2px 2px; text-align:right; vertical-align:bottom; width:0.5em; line-height: 1em;">” </td></tr> <tr> <td class="rquotecite" colspan="3" style="padding-top:10px; font-size:smaller; line-height:normal; text-align:right;"><cite>— <p><a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a> </p> </cite></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1023981488"> <table class="rquote pullquote floatleft" role="presentation" style="display:table; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; float:left; margin:0.5em 0.75em; width:33%;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"> <td style="color:#b2b7f2; font-size:3.3em; font-family:'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight:bold; padding:4px 2px 2px; width:0.5em; line-height: 1em;">“ </td> <td style="padding:0 10px;">The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library. </td> <td style="color:#b2b7f2; font-size:3.3em; font-family:'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight:bold; padding:4px 2px 2px; text-align:right; vertical-align:bottom; width:0.5em; line-height: 1em;">” </td></tr> <tr> <td class="rquotecite" colspan="3" style="padding-top:10px; font-size:smaller; line-height:normal; text-align:right;"><cite>— <p><a href="/wiki/Albert_Einstein" title="Albert Einstein">Albert Einstein</a> </p> </cite></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1023981488"> <table class="rquote pullquote floatright" role="presentation" style="display:table; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; float:right; margin:0.5em 0.75em; width:33%;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"> <td style="color:#b2b7f2; font-size:3.3em; font-family:'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight:bold; padding:4px 2px 2px; width:0.5em; line-height: 1em;">“ </td> <td style="padding:0 10px;">People can lose their lives in libraries. 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