[Web4lib] Wiki World: An Introduction

[Lori Bell]

OPAL is pleased to present Wiki World: An
Introduction. To participate, go to the online
auditorium at 
http://67.19.231.218/v4/login.asp?r=67955673&p=0
type your name and click enter. A small software
applet will download to your computer as you enter the
room.  

Thursday, January 12, 2006 beginning at 3:00 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time, 2:00 Central, 1:00 Mountain,
noon Pacific, and 8:00 p.m. GMT:
Wiki World: An Introduction
Wikis are democratizing the World Wide Web in a way
that no other Web application has. A wiki allows a
group of people to collaboratively develop website
with no knowledge of HTML or other markup languages.
Any member of the wiki community can add to or edit
anyone else's content, which is what makes Wikis so
revolutionary and so controversial. Wikis are being
used by librarians as knowledge repositories, subject
guides, conference planning vehicles, and Intranets,
but they could be used in any situation where quick
and easy online collaboration is a goal. This session
will explain what wikis are, how they could be used in
libraries, and what to consider before creating one of
your own. Presented by Meredith Farkas, Distance
Learning Librarian at the Kreitzberg Library atNorwich
University in Vermont. Meredith is the author of the
blog Information Wants To Be Free and the creator and
administrator of the ALA Chicago 2005 Wiki and Library
Success: A Best Practices Wiki. Sponsored by the
Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center. 
This OPAL event will be held in the Auditorium

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