The huge “staff picks” page on the RA wiki was very easy to add to. But the wiki as a whole was not very friendly. I found, and then lost, nonfiction books. I thought I found (and then lost) a section of science fiction books. Does someone periodically go through the additions by keyword and organize them (as in the section for teens for “boys”).
I couldn’t find the wiki on our web site. Is it somewhere available to the public? Granted, it’s small yet, but customers do enjoy reading about what library staff enjoy—and possibly looking for the materials themselves.
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Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Wikis-- Thing 13
Can you imagine an open wiki for vbgov for citizens or visitors? Rochester has the optimism/pessimism pages that appear open, plus various other obviously interactive sites—the “find cheap gas” one was interesting—the price a lot higher than VB today.
University of Calgary’s Sandbox (where users can check out their entry without “breaking” anything) is cool.
SJCPL subject guide is fascinating. If customers can add to it, then it is a great tool for browsing for nonfiction books.
Finding government information on SJ PL (the link to Indiana govt) seems so much easier than on our web site. This could be an entirely new way for us to organize the web links resources on our web site. It could also be a way for folks to talk about their experiences using a particular link, or to give tips for searching a particular link, or to add a link for an additional related resource.
Downside—to what degree would our info folks need to vet these? Would a disclaimer be necessary?
What a concept—putting the policy and procedure manuals in a wiki—while not self-indexing, it could still be a better, easier way to update and find materials than the old-fashioned (?!) online format. Limiting editors would take care of any inappropriate additions or editing.
Clearly, like so many other ideas new to me in Learning 2.0, wikis have lots of potential uses in libraries. The trick is going to be figuring out what is the best “2.0” way of providing specific types of information. I’ve noticed that several different traditional library services (for example, Reader’s advisory) have been presented using various Web 2.0 tools—wikis, of course, but also library thing, blogs, and other additions of subject headings and reviews.
University of Calgary’s Sandbox (where users can check out their entry without “breaking” anything) is cool.
SJCPL subject guide is fascinating. If customers can add to it, then it is a great tool for browsing for nonfiction books.
Finding government information on SJ PL (the link to Indiana govt) seems so much easier than on our web site. This could be an entirely new way for us to organize the web links resources on our web site. It could also be a way for folks to talk about their experiences using a particular link, or to give tips for searching a particular link, or to add a link for an additional related resource.
Downside—to what degree would our info folks need to vet these? Would a disclaimer be necessary?
What a concept—putting the policy and procedure manuals in a wiki—while not self-indexing, it could still be a better, easier way to update and find materials than the old-fashioned (?!) online format. Limiting editors would take care of any inappropriate additions or editing.
Clearly, like so many other ideas new to me in Learning 2.0, wikis have lots of potential uses in libraries. The trick is going to be figuring out what is the best “2.0” way of providing specific types of information. I’ve noticed that several different traditional library services (for example, Reader’s advisory) have been presented using various Web 2.0 tools—wikis, of course, but also library thing, blogs, and other additions of subject headings and reviews.
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