[Web4lib] Inhouse wiki

[Joe Hewitt]

Lin,

I use a tool called TiddlyWiki to keep daily notes and track projects.  Its
approach is to break down information in manageable chunks which it calls
tiddlers, or microcontent. This tiddler can be tagged, then searched by its
tag to obtain a group of similar items. You can also search by keyword.

A tiddlywiki can be customized to your needs using plugins that can be
easily added your tiddlywiki.

If your goal is a Dept Manual, you find a tiddlywiki with tools to publish
in a manual form, and able search by term, topic or chapter.  Tiddlywiki can
be updated through your web browser.  It does not require a web server.  It
can live as a file on your local area network. The tiddlywiki can act like a
blog, a wiki, a todo list, an ebook, an archive, or a presentation as you
require.

TiddlyWiki also has several good implementations of the GTD (Getting Things
Done) approach to being goal-oriented.

Check out http://www.tiddlywiki.org/wiki/Main_Page for a world of
information about this handy little tool. For a look at some possiblities,
see

Eric Shulman's Tiddlytools site: http://www.tiddlytools.com/
Dave Gifford's TiddlyVault: http://tiddlyvault.tiddlyspot.com/
Saq Imtiaz's Lewcid TW: http://tw.lewcid.org/

For a deparmental use, TiddlyWiki may not be the answer and you will need to
talk to your IT staff, but for a smaller, personal, and portable wiki,
TiddlyWiki suits me just fine.  It's useful, effective, and just a little
fun.

Good luck,
Joe

On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Lin Light <llight at herrickdl.org> wrote:

> I have been looking for an in-house wiki and came across one
> called "projectforum". Can anyone tell me anything about them. Purpose is
> to
> have a Wiki for my Technical Servies Dept that staff can use instead of a
> Dept Manual. Don't want it on the web, but to function like an Intranet.
>
> Lin
>
>
> Lin Light
> Head of Computer
>  & Technical Services
> Herrick District Library
> 300 South River Ave.
> Holland, MI 49423
> Voice 616-355-3727
> Fax   616-355-1426
>


-- 
Joe Hewitt
Library Systems Specialist
Missouri State University
417 836-4536