Timwi wrote:
Stan Shebs wrote:
Universities tend to be a little more standoffish
about this sort of
thing; faculty and students are focused on their studies, and the
unwashed masses of the general public 1/2 :-) are an unwelcome
distraction.
Would it help if one of the Wikipedians is a student of the University
in question, and the session is done this summer before the beginning
of the next term?
If said student was the child of a top donor, perhaps. :-) Not to be
too cynical, but students are pretty low in the academic hierarchy.
I think it would take a dean or full professor who was a WP enthusiast
to have sufficient pull to arrange to commandeer part of the
university's library - we have some academics on this list, perhaps
they could weigh in on what they think they could arrange at their
own institutions.
I see. Well, I suppose I wasn't actually thinking of trying to arrange
anything with the library beforehand. The [[Cambridge University
Library]] is huge -- I'm pretty sure a few hundred unexpected visitors
won't disrupt everyday happenings enough to be thrown out. Especially
not at this time of year, before the beginning of the next term, where
the library is as good as empty. That's why I mentioned that.
Timwi