Internationalization

Welcome to Knowledge for All’s Internationalization Working Group - an open group to support the internationalization and translation of the Knowledge for All project.

Knowledge for All is a global project. It invites participation from individuals and institutions across all borders and aims to link all users to scholarly journal literature regardless of political or geographical location. To remain true to its mission and core values the project must be accessible to contributors, partners and users in a variety of languages. It is the task of the Internationalization Working Group to address, coordinate and effectively plan this effort.

Join this group if

  • You have experience in translation or working on multi-lingual or international projects.
  • You are interested in supporting the internationalization of the Knowledge for All project and ensuring its content is accessible to as wide an audience as possible regardless of geographical location or language.
  • You are able to contribute 1-4 hours per week to participate in working group activities.

How to join

How to participate

  • Review and comment on Knowledge for All’s  Internationalization Strategy.
  • Create and participate in working group forums.
  • Create and collaborate on working group pages.

Please share our letter to Founding Partners

To all Working Group members,

We recently shared a letter from Knowledge for All's Founding Director Mark Leggott inviting stakeholders and members of the library and acacemic community to join the Knowledge for All project as a Founding Partner.

Founding Partnerships are critical at this stage of project development and will ensure we have the financial resources to continue building the Knowledge for All tool for the benefit of the community.

User needs and expectations

What are user needs and expectations around multilingual scholarly journal content?  Do most academics expect to do their research in English?  And if so, is that acceptable or should we be challenging it? 

Does anyone know of studies to recommend on this issue, or can you speak from personal experience?