I must confess that this discovery exercise has provided me with my first Wiki experience. Once again, I have had to overcome my initial reaction to tools such as Wikis which, at first glance, seem so disorganised, subjective and uncontrolled and acknowledge that there is a place for Wikis in the library environment. Several of the library Wikis which demonstrated the innovative ways libraries are using Wikis included:
Library instruction Wiki which is a forum for sharing resources such as handouts, tutorials etc and includes templates for consistent formatting of potential resources for this site.
The Library Tehcnology Training Wiki contained some very useful documents, resources and instructions on how to make Wikis and online suveys.
Web-based library projects which could benefit from a collaborative approach include:
Subject Guides, Genre Lists, New Titles Lists and Book Reviews. All of the above need frequent updating and would benefit from tapping into the interests and passions of our users. Given that Wikis are quick to build and easy to edit, any new information can be quickly added to the collective knowledge base.
The idea of a community Wiki, making us an online hub or one-stop shop for our local community also has special appeal.
I found the Youtube video Wikis in plain English very easy to follow
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Glad we were able to help with your discovery of wikis.
Lynette
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