Friday, April 25, 2008

Week 5: exploring wikis

Had a look at some wikis recommended viewing. St Joseph's County Public Library's subject guides looks like it could be really useful. Our library has Book lists produced in brochure form. It would be great to put them on a wiki as a way of constantly updating. It wouldn't then be dependent on one person to do all the work. (we have our favourite genres within the staff so would make sense to use each one's experience)

Another way I thought wikis could work is to set up a wiki for short term projects. Most of our staff are part-timers and would rarely get to see each other. Like the Youtube video said - reading through everyone's comment by email can get tedious. If the basic project outline is there, people can add their comments, indicate tasks completed and set up links to other important information which is part of the project.

I could get to like wiking!

1 comment:

pls@slnsw said...

I like your idea of a temporary wiki - just for a specific purpose.

Ellen