Wikisource is the free library of digital texts, images, and audio files that are the source of our knowledge. It is an online library of freely available public domain and freely-licensed educational resources. It is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of knowledge. The WikiSource library contains millions of texts from a variety of sources, including books, magazines, newspapers, and public documents. It also includes a wide variety of audio and video files, and images. Wikisource provides an easy way to access, distribute, and share knowledge and materials. It is an invaluable resource for anyone looking for free educational materials and a great way to promote the free exchange of knowledge.

The role that Wikisource can play in improving awareness of and engagement with collections within Library and University Collections is significant. Some interesting projects using Wikisource.ed.ac.ukOne of the main benefits of hosting texts on Wikisource is the ability to search not just titles of texts, but also phrases and names within texts easily.

There is an increasing popularity of handheld devices for reading electronic books most of which require the book to have proper formatting of which there are several formatting types.en.wikisource.orgMost Wikisource books originate as scans of published works which are then converted to HTML by our volunteers ( see Help:Beginner's guide to adding texts ).

The Translation namespace is used for hosting user-generated translations of non-English works into English.zh.wikisource.orgThe Author namespace contains pages for each author on Wikisource. The Index and Page namespaces are used by the Proofread Page extension (see Technology differences ).