[Web4lib] Wiki for library procedures

[Karen Harker]

Actually, we have created a PBWiki specifically for policies and procedures.  This was done to evaluate the utility of a wiki for internal communications.  It has proven to be quite popular, particularly with their new WYSIWYG editor.  
 
Issues regarding PBWiki in particular include a lack of page-level security, no inherent page hierarchy (you can create your own hierarchy manually), and a search engine of limited value (exact word, with no spell-check and no word variants; also, contents of files are not searchable).  
 
Our experiment served us well as we embark on a project to re-create a staff intranet.  There is much pressure to go the wiki route.  I would say the file management would likely be the primary reason we would not, if that were decided.  Whatever we choose will likely have a wiki-like easy-to-use interface.
 
 
 
Karen R. Harker, MLS
UT Southwestern Medical Library
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas, TX  75390-9049
214-648-8946
http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/library/ 

>>> "Cary Gordon" <listuser at chillco.com> 2/12/2007 4:06 PM >>>
Here is a link to the Drupal Book module: <http://drupal.org/node/44648>.
The Book module is a wiki. The name helps distinguish it from the (to my
mind, inferior) Wiki module. The difference is that the is easier to use and
more Drupal-like.

So, you're saying that Peanut Butter Wiki is similar to a diaper? (GDR.....)

Cary Gordon
The Cherry Hill Company
11664 National Blvd. 143
Los Angeles, CA 90064
310-397-2999 (voice)
866-375-2191 (fax)

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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Leo Robert Klein
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 12:25 PM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org 
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Wiki for library procedures

Cary Gordon wrote:
> You might want to look at Drupal <drupal.org>. While the Drupal CMS 
> has a wiki module, which is fair, there is also a "book" module, which 
> is excellent for the collaborative production of documentation. It is 
> very good for producting structured materials and requires less staff 
> overhead than, say, MediaWiki. We offer Drupal related services to 
> libraries, and use this for our own documentation as well as our clients'.
> 

This is interesting.  When you hear "Book" module, you don't normally think
of Wiki.

Would you have a link to an example?

I guess a general concern would be how easy or difficult it would be for
users to add & edit information.

I've recently been foolin' around with Peanut Butter Wiki (pbwiki.com). 
  It's so easy to use -- a baby could create something on it.

LEO

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