Wikis for libraries

**This one is a double session I plan to stay only for 1st part**


Nicole Engard
What I learned today blog

Wikis as collaborative spaces...
great places for brainstorming
use to draft policies
a way to shre the secretary responsibilities in a meeting
empowers the user

Why use?
easy to learn - no html required
easy way to share knowledge
easy way to collaborate across borders
ability to revert back to older versions
ability to track who's done what & where
fosters collaboration among friends and/or colleagues

http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wiki/
example of Mediawiki for ala chicago

http://www.libsuccess.org/
best practices wiki

offer rss feeds so you can keep up with things

pbwiki.com
largest consumer wiki farm; 23 languages
free
hosted
twiki, jotspot
socialtest

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Intranet

Jenkins law library
calls the blog a "library bulletin"
started w/wikipedia
no one wanted to learn the syntax to edit page.
so she created her own (php) and gives them a wysiwyg editor.
icon w/stylesheets
if it has a .pdf a little
"wysiwyg pro"
htmlarea.com

Darren Chase
health sciences library

wikimatrix lists all different wikis and popular downloads