[Web4lib] wikis in libraries

[Darla Grediagin]

Hi Dan,

I disagree somewhat.  I put up a wiki for my school librarian 
association last spring.  I heard from some people that they didn't want 
all the work that they had worked hard on put up in a space that others 
could change.  I let them talk among themselves while I pushed forward.  
I got others to contribute.  The same person who loudly voiced 
complaints in March, posted a letter thanking me for dragging people 
kicking and screaming into the 21st century.  If we are early adopters 
of technology, we have to remember that not everyone will join us, but 
some will along the way.  When a subject becomes important to someone, 
they will learn to join in with the band.

I am working on being careful in how I talk to those who don't 
participate.  Too often my enthusiasm will scare someone away from 
joining the parade.  I  can't imagine not wanting to share the 
information that I have with others, but there are those out there that 
want to hang onto it until their last breath.  I say let them hang onto 
their ideas and move forward on our own.  They will catch up hopefully 
and if they don't, I am not out of the time I have spent on mine.

I hope this makes sense.  I have been running an inservice for library 
aides today in which there was a particular problem of some being much 
further along than others. 

Have a great day,

Darla

Darla Grediagin
District Librarian
Bering Strait School District
Unalakleet, Alaska
Web Address : http://bssdonline.org/course/view.php?id=51
Blog: http://aklibrarian1.edublogs.org/


Dan Lester wrote:

>Tuesday, October 17, 2006, 6:11:18 AM, you wrote:
>
>DB> So are wikis (apart from Wikipedia) ever going to grow beyond the 
>DB> toddler stage?  When can we finally start to discuss how to 
>DB> achieve efficient group communication?  Or will we for ever be 
>DB> held hostage by newcomers who are stumbling on their own feet?
>
>It doesn't have anything to do with growing beyond toddler stage OR
>tech snobbery.  It is basic human behavior in all environments. How
>many members of this list ever post?  A small percentage.  The same is
>true for students raising their hand in class, people who contribute
>to a face to face meeting, and any other group environment.
>
>Even if everyone who contributed to a meeting was given a beer, a
>piece of chocolate, or something else, the majority still wouldn't do
>so.
>
>dan
>
>  
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