Saturday, October 20, 2007

#16 - Wikis...



The wiki concept seems simple enough - collaboration and content... perfect Knowledge Management tools...


I can see a lot of useful applications for wikis...


Book clubs, patron reviews, subject guides, community guides, programmes, training calendars, event calendars, staff collaborations (instead of having to trawl through all those emails!!!! - everything relevant would be in one place and able to be manipulated/updated immediately!!!! that would have to be good!!!)... there appears to be a wealth of ways to use wikis... but there is a concern about 'authority', 'ownership' and 'hacking'... they would definitely need to be 'moderated'... how much staff time would need to go in to that??? must be viable because so many are using these applications already... depends on the funding source I guess, and what priorities and future directions libraries (and their 'backers') envisage for them!!

Here are a few wikis I thought looked interesting and could be useful...














and a couple of cartoons (from Google images)




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