What’s in a wiki? I took some time today to take a look of some the example wikis. I have been a big fan of Wikipedia for a couple of years now. So I am most enthusiastic about what wiki’s can do.
I mostly spent my time today looking at the YALSA wiki for the ALA conference. It is pretty cool. The major thought that came to me as I looked at this was “I wish I had seen this before I went to ALA.” I am not a member of YALSA but a lot of the information on the wiki would have been useful for any 2008 ALA Conference Attendee.
Wiki’s can be used in many ways in the library. The staff manual could be designed as a wiki and put on the intranet. I also think a wiki would be a useful way to organize department procedures. Wiki’s could be a useful way to disseminate information about a particular library event or even upcoming events. The possibilities are endless.
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