WIKI software

[Kristi Bryant]

Thank you for all the comments, ideas and suggestions about WIKI/ Blog software.  I've heard some great recommendations and feel much more informed at this point!

Happy New Year to all,


Kristi Bryant
Reference and Technology Librarian
Wells Public Library
Wells, Maine  04090
207-646-8181 ext. 205
e-mail:  kbryant at wellstown.org
web:  www.wellstown.org<http://www.wellstown.org/>

"Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one."  Neil Gaiman



From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Havens,Andy
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 1:39 PM
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Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] WIKI software

I love wikis for lots of uses, but I've ended up making the following recommendation a couple times for smaller/internal projects, and it's been well received:

Start with a shared Google Docs account and use the word processor and spreadsheet apps to create and collaborate on docs. The main Google Docs page works well as a TOC, and you can tag pages with multiple key-words.  If/when you get to having 10 pages, then think about making the move to a wiki.

What a couple of my buddies discovered is that their initial requirements in terms of pages/topics ended up being, well... their only requirements. After a year, one of them was doing fine with just two shared docs that they updated quite frequently. Much easier than a wiki if you don't need lots of cross-references and many different pages.


- A

Andy Havens
Manager of Branding and Creative Services, OCLC
Email: havensa at oclc.org<mailto:havensa at oclc.org>
Phone: 614.764.4326
Mobile: 614.395.4134

From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU]<mailto:[mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU]> On Behalf Of Kristi Bryant
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 1:11 PM
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Subject: [WEB4LIB] WIKI software

Hoping to receive suggestions for  free wiki software that could be used by our small public library (10 employees) to communicate with each other about internal matters, websites, training resources, etc.

Thanks and Happy New Year!

Kristi Bryant
Reference and Technology Librarian
Wells Public Library
Wells, Maine  04090
207-646-8181 ext. 205
e-mail:  kbryant at wellstown.org<mailto:kbryant at wellstown.org>
web:  www.wellstown.org<http://www.wellstown.org/>

"Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one."  Neil Gaiman

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