[Web4lib] wikis in libraries

[McHale, Nina]

Hi, Mark,

Take a look at Chad Boeninger's Biz Wiki at Ohio University for an
intersting example of a wiki-powered subject guide:

http://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/bizwiki/index.php/Main_Page

Nina

Nina McHale, MA/MSLS
Web Services Librarian
Auraria Library

Serving the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences
Center-Downtown Campus,
Metropolitan State College
and the Community College of Denver

1100 Lawrence Street
Denver, Colorado 80204
303-556-4729

nina.mchale at cudenver.edu

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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of John Loy
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 1:00 PM
To: Mark Robertson
Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] wikis in libraries

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.

--
John Loy
Web Designer and Information Architect
University of Virginia Library
phone: (434) 924-7099
fax: (434) 924-1431
552 Alderman Library
http://lib.virginia.edu


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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