So WIKI's are everywhere. The grandaddy WIKI, Wikipedia, has become many internet users default encyclopedia. It is an awesome and amazing thing. However, it should not be the only source of information consulted in the research process. One of our tasks as librarian is to warn about authority and to introduce our users to other possibilities.
I went to the Spring Branch Sandbox (WIKI) and posted a commment about WIKIs. As I mentioned in that posting, we have created a WIKI to track and work on our departmental goals. Observation: WIKIS have to "catch on". You can build it but will they come? How do you get your audience to participate ? There are barriers to deal with learning curves, fear of making a technological misstep in front of your peers. This is one technology tool that is pretty deep and will require more practice and experience to be beneficial.
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I started small...used wiki pages to hold info so that others simply got use to the "look."
Next step was to create one that simply had a password to use to get in.
It is going slowly. I anticipate more use and understanding this year!
p.S. LOVE the graphic!
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