Wikis and Project Teams

Wikis and Project Teams Part of the Library 2.0 Tuesdays Series
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Today
About Library 2.0 Tuesdays and Moodle
What is a wiki?
What are the benefits?
Examples and ideas
Choosing the right wiki
Hands-on and questions

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Moodle
Open source learning management system
Nearly 50 thousand registered Moodle sites
@ ALA (classes.ala.org)

What Is a Wiki?
“ A wiki is a collection of web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites. The collaborative encyclopedia, Wikipedia, is one of the best-known wikis. Wikis are used in business to provide intranets and Knowledge Management systems.”
- Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

Benefits
Face-to-Face E-mail Wiki
Timeliness/Notification
Recall/Organization
Sharing/Openness
Continuity
Decision-making

Benefits
Broaden exposure to Library 2.0 technologies and thinking to library staff and beyond.
Flaunt library leadership in technology.
Foster an environment of exploration and innovation in technologies with purpose .

Examples
Oliver Wendell Holmes Library at Phillips Academy (Andover, MA): Strategic Planning

Examples
Ohio University Libraries: Subject Guides

Examples
Western Connecticut State University Libraries: Staff Intranet

Ideas
Space planning/building renovation
ILS implementation
Service documentation
Training manuals
more...

Choosing the Right Wiki
Local ( open source ) or hosted?
Roles and access
Editing interface (WYSIWYG, mediawiki markup, docuwiki markup, html, bbcode)
Versioning
Integration with other Web 2.0 technologies
Embedded media (videos, images) and widgets
Document attachments

Today's Challenge:
Open Source Project Team – Charged to evaluate open source solutions for the library.
What will the wiki do for this team?
How will you organize wiki content to be most useful for the team and the team's audience(s)?
What challenges will this format present at your library?

Hands-on and Questions
Hands-on
Try wikispaces for yourself and imagine the possibilities your teams or other applications at your library.
Stay in touch
Erin Logsdon [email_address]
Stephen Spohn [email_address]
Thank you
Thanks for your time! Let us know about your successes and challenges using wikis and Library 2.0 at your organization.

Wikis and Project Teams

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