I've been using wikis in another role for about 4 years now so was familiar with what they're all about and am falling in love with Google notebook as a way of capturing all that important stuff from the web and contextualising it for me.
Still it was fascinating to see how they're being used in libraries.
I noticed that most of the library ones we were alerted to permitted 'authorised' editing, either by library staff or by 'community' members - think this is essential. If readers are not permitted to edit, is it really a wiki?
Though I also like the idea of using a wiki to set up a low cost website.
So, at the library ... although one of my colleagues has her/his doubts, I can see some real benefits - suspect the family historians would take to an fhwiki like ducks to water and scholars drawing on the Mitchell collections ... I guess as the 'doubting dog' says, it comes down to whether or not there is a need driving the collaboration rather than collaboration going in search of a need.
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Collecting information has always been our core ... perhaps hosting wikis for the community and ensuring the information is preserved is just a new take on our core business?
Mylee (PLS)
i agree that family historians would appreciate a blog
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