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  1. Wikis: Enabling Collaboration in Libraries Meredith Farkas May 4, 2007 Quebec Library Association
  2. What you will learn
    • What a wiki is
    • What wikis are good for, what they’re not so good for
    • How libraries are successfully using wikis
    • Tips on developing a successful wiki
  3. What is a wiki?
    • Allows people to collaboratively develop a Web site without any tech-savvy (no HTML required!)
    • Like a content management system
    • Wiki = quick (in Hawaiian)
    • All community members can add to or edit the work of others
  4. Wiki background
    • Ward Cunningham and the Portland Pattern Repository
    • Wikipedia
    • Conference wikis, fan wikis, wiki knowledgebases
  5. Wiki Structure
    • All wikis start off as a single blank page
    • Pages are created and connected by hyperlinks
    • No ownership of pages; anyone can change the work of others
  6. Wiki components
  7. Discussion area for each page
  8. All changes made to the page
  9. List of changes made to all pages
  10. Wiki Syntax
    • Ways to format text, change color, create links, create tables, etc.
    • Not difficult to learn, but different
    • Differences for each wiki
    • WYSIWYG is the future
  11. Wikis vs. Blogs
    • No one owns content
    • No specific organization (hyperlinks)
    • Anyone can edit other people’s work
    • A person owns their post
    • Organized in reverse chron. order
    • Only author can edit their own work (others can comment)
  12. Wikis vs. Blogs
    • Perpetual work in progress
    • Good for collaborative group work
    • Posts are permanent
    • Good for disseminating info/starting a dialogue
  13. Why wiki?
    • Easy to use
    • Web-based
    • Anyone can make changes
    • Findability
    • Many free and open-source wikis
    • Flexible and extensible
  14. Why not wiki?
    • Too open (trust issues)
    • Concerns about ownership of content
    • Disorganized
    • Vandalism and spam
  15. Wikis in Practice
  16. How libraries can use wikis with their patrons
    • Community wiki
    • Subject guide wiki
    • Wiki as courseware
    • Wiki as Web site
  17. Community wiki http://daviswiki.org/
  18. Subject guide wiki http://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/bizwiki/
  19. Wiki as courseware http://biro.bemidjistate.edu/~morgan/e-rhetoric/wiki.php
  20. Wiki as Web site http://library.usca.edu/Main/HomePage
  21. How librarians can use wikis
    • Staff Intranet
    • Collaborative document editing
    • Collaboratively-developed manual
    • Guidebook
    • Knowledgebase
    • Planning space for conferences
  22. Staff Intranet
  23. Collaborative document editing http://www.zohowriter.com/
  24. Collaboratively-developed manual http://www.seedwiki.com/wiki/ antioch_university_new_england_library_staff_training_and_support_wiki/
  25. Guidebook http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wiki/
  26. Knowledgebase http://www.libsuccess.org/
  27. Planning space for conferences
  28. Wiki Tips How to develop and maintain a successful wiki
  29. Wiki Tips: Software
    • Do you want your wiki hosted?
      • Wiki Farms
      • Easier if you don’t have a server or don’t know what you’re doing
      • Examples: PBWiki , WetPaint , WikiSpaces
    • Do you want to install the software on your own server?
      • More software options this way
      • More control
      • Maintenance burden is on you
      • Examples: MediaWiki , PmWiki , Twiki
  30. Things to consider
    • Programming language
    • Ease of installation
    • Security
      • Permissioning
      • Spam prevention
    • Ease of use
    • Cost
  31. Things to consider (cont’d)
    • Syntax
    • Version control
    • Ability to hold discussions
    • RSS
    • Ability to change look
    • For help choosing software, check out the Wiki Matrix ( http:// www.wikimatrix.org / ).
  32. Wiki management
    • Seeding the wiki
    • Documentation
    • Policies
    • Marketing
    • Dealing with spam
  33. Questions?
    • Just ask!
    • E-mail me: [email_address]
    • AIM me: librarianmer
    • Visit presentation site: http://meredithfarkas.wetpaint.com

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