As noted by most papers it relies on the community, rather than technology, to manage the data, Though wikis have the advantage that save copies of successive versions exist and changes are readily detected and work can be recovered.
Most of the format is pretty bland and requires planning to establish a workable structure, though there is a heavy search emphasis.
Uses include:
Subject guides
Annotating the catalog
Community wiki
Wikis for Librarians: Reference manuals, Training guides, work space for team projects
I Liked Blake's recommendations
"wiki is a simply-structured online database which stands or falls by the quality of its community. Wikis require careful planning and management in order to remain effective. In a wiki, expertise is not by default provided
Don't use a wiki :
- Just because they are fashionable
- For static information
- Where delays are okay
Wikis need
CommunityPlanning and management
Expertise (the Wiki does not of itself create it)
Wikis suit information which
needs continual/irregular updates and can be done by many users
doesn't need to be arranged in a strict order
requires community or consensus of opinion
Positive sites
SLVTraining Wiki
Good use of the technology, encourages staff use on desk where g: drive, etc not available
http://www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php/Main_Page
Did their planning and created a sound way of delivering "resource guides" building in new books, information on databases and tips for searching plus external sites and how to search the library for information and keeping the "ask a librarian" link well to the fore - though pages tend to be a bit static and not encouraging any public participation - comments allowed, though most looks to be spam
http://libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
sound site to demonstrate how reference manuals can be maintained in this technology & hopefully what we can achieve with the new intranet software, which gave some excellent examples
Readings I enjoyed
- Library Technology Reports including:
Tools from ''Web 2.0 & Libraries: Best Practices for Social Software" Revisited Sept/Oct 2007 p15-31 (Updating the Web2.0 report done in issue Jul/Aug 2006 (Both fulltext via A-Z) - Using Wikis to Create Online Communities : Wikis open up new possibilities for collaboration between you and your patrons. Blogger and WJ guest editor Meredith Farkas tells why wikis should matter to you and your library. By Meredith Farkas http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=11264
- Lamb, Brian. "Wide Open Spaces: Wikis, Ready or Not." Educause Review. Sept/Oct 2004. http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm0452.asp
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