[Web4lib] wikis in libraries

[John Loy]

Mark,

It sounds like you've got a solution looking for a problem. Would  
your library users really want to contribute to a Library wiki? Would  
they care enough to take the time? What's in it for them? Also, most  
of the publishing uses you mention don't seem to require  
collaboration and could easily be realized without a wiki; by almost  
any web page/content management tool, in fact.

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John Loy
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University of Virginia Library
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On Oct 13, 2006, at 2:39 PM, Mark Robertson wrote:

> Our library is already using wikis internally for committee work  
> etc.  Now we are exploring the issue of how to use wikis on our  
> library website and beyond as a way of collaborating with our  
> users.  Can anyone suggest examples of libraries using wikis  
> successfully for this purpose?  What seems to work best? - wikis as  
> FAQs? wikis as subject pathfinders? wikis on policies? assignment  
> wikis?
>
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