On 2013-03-05 9:20 PM, "Sumana Harihareswara" <[email protected]> wrote: > > See http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/glam/2013-March/000361.html & > http://everybodyslibraries.com/2013/03/04/from-wikipedia-to-our-libraries/ > : "how do we get people from Wikipedia articles to the related offerings > of our local libraries?" > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Library_resources_box "create a > sidebar box with links to resources about (or by) the topic of a > Wikipedia article in a reader’s library, or in another library a reader > might want to consult." > > And more! > > "As with most things related to Wikipedia, this service is experimental, > and subject to change (and, hopefully, improvement) over time. I’d love > to hear thoughts and suggestions from users and maintainers of Wikipedia > and libraries." > > John, since you said you're new to template-building, you might enjoy > learning about what the new Lua templating system gives you: > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Scribunto/Lua_reference_manual > > -- > Sumana Harihareswara > Engineering Community Manager > Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Sounds like the use case of special:booksources page... <offtopic rant> The problem with libraries electronic resources (or at least my libraries') is not that people are too google addicted to consider them. The problem is that they are a usability nightmere. In one case I recall I was not able to download more than 10 pages at a time or effectively navigate because the interface was a horrid mess. People go where they can get what they need in the easiest fashion. Libraries are not even close to providing that for electronic resources. Otoh I love me my dead tree books, and libraries are still king there. -bawolff _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
