Some of the benefits that make wikis so attractive are:
- Anyone (registered or unregistered, if unrestricted) can add, edit or delete content.
- Tracking tools within wikis allow you to easily keep up on what been changed and by whom.
- Earlier versions of a page can be viewed and reinstated when needed.
- And users do not need to know HTML in order to apply styles to text or add and edit content. In most cases simple syntax structure is used.
As the use of wikis has grown over the last few years, libraries all over the country have begun to use them to collaborate and share knowledge. Among their applications are pathfinder or subject guide wikis, book review wikis, conference wikis and even library best practices wikis.
Discovery Resources:
Use these resources to learn more aboout wikis:
- Wiki’s: A Beginner’s Look – an excellent short slide presentation that offers a short introduction and examples.
- What is a Wiki? – Library Success wiki presentation
- Using Wikis to Create Online Communities – a good overview of what a wiki is and how it can be used in libraries.
- For this discovery exercise, you are asked to take a look at some library wikis and blog about your finding. Here’s a few examples to get you started:
- SJCPL Subject Guides – a pathfinder wiki developed by the St. Joseph County Public Library system
- Book Lovers Wiki - developed by the Princeton Public Library
- Library Success: A best practices wiki
- The Bull Run Library wiki - a public library wiki and also a Learning 2.0 participant
- SJCPL Subject Guides – a pathfinder wiki developed by the St. Joseph County Public Library system
- Create a blog post about your findings. What did you find interesting? What types of applications within libraries might work well with a wiki?
2 comments:
I read in the paper this morning an article about elderly people getting dizzy spells and what caused this.
I decided to go onto SJCPLSubject Guides to find out more information about the procedure that would help this condition. Under Health and then ear disorders I found what I was looking for. It was very helpful. I think that libraries that have this link enable their patrons to demystify some health problems.
I really liked the "booklovers' wiki" that included a star rating system for books. I've got some new reading material based on recommendations from this wiki.
Sometimes when I'm bored with my "same old, same old" authors, it's nice to find a new author or book in a different genre than my normal fare, and this rating system will help A LOT with that!
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