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LIANZA 2021
Shortlink: https://w.wiki/4MZB

Wikisource: volunteer digitisation and transcription of out-of-copyright collections
Workshop 4:30–5:30, 9 November 2021


 * The problem: Many libraries hold collections that are too rare or fragile to circulate, but are not available online or as an e-book. An introduction to Wikisource.
 * What Wikisource is: an open volunteer initiative to scan, transcribe, and proofread out-of-copyright or open-licensed texts, which become downloadable EPUB or PDF files.
 * Extensive help, supported by an international community of Wikisource volunteers.
 * Who is this for: people with some basic computer skills, who can participate as proofreaders, scanners, and page formatters.
 * It can be done with minimal or no investment in hardware or software, and has no support or hosting costs.
 * Why this matters for libraries: an excellent opportunity for us to make locally-published works more accessible. We can accession these freely-licensed works into Overdrive and make them available for loan to the community.
 * Libraries can even undertake digital preservation projects by negotiating free and open licensing of copyrighted works directly with authors, which volunteers can then transcribe. Releasing a book copyright.

Workflow

 * 1) Scanning pages
 * 2) Making a PDF
 * 3) OR finding a PDF in the Internet Archive, NLNZ, Google Books, or Hathi Trust
 * 4) Clearing copyright with Google (who sometimes don't realise a book's public domain)
 * 5) Creating a work in Wikisource
 * 6) OCRing a page
 * 7) Proofreading and validation
 * 8) Page formatting (Wikisource cheat sheet)
 * 9) Transclusion and downloading an EPUB
 * 10) Uploading to Overdrive (see template below)
 * 11) E-book appearing in Libby

URLs to explore for breakout groups

 * https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:WikiProject_West_Coast
 * https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Portal:New_Zealand
 * https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Portal:History_of_Australia
 * https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Portal:Scotland
 * https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Portal:Libraries
 * https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Community_portal
 * https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Proofread_of_the_Month

Mike Dickison

Digital Discovery Librarian, Westland District Library

mike.dickison@westlib.co.nz

(Email me to enrol in a future live Wikisource editing workshop over Zoom)

Appendix: Uploading to Overdrive Marketplace Local Content https://help.marketplace.overdrive.com/7064.htm


 * EPUB downloaded
 * Cover image: 510 (width) x 680 (height) pixels (covers in a 3:4 ratio)
 * Small cover image: 99 (width) x 132 (height) pixels

Admin > Local Content > number of copies > Add a Title

Available when:

Title (and Sort Title):

Subtitle:

Publisher:

Language:

Short description:

Subject (from approved list):

e.g. Travel, Nonfiction

Creator:

Then Set live once all files are processed. (24 to 48 h.)