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Using Wikis
1. Not sure what a wiki is?
Look it up in Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/
2. Why use a wiki and not a traditional webpage?
If you wish to build a growing repository of up-to-date information in partnership with your usergroups and/or colleagues, then a wiki may be the answer. For example, see:
Biz Wiki
Library Instruction Wiki
National Archives Wiki
Think about your own library service – in what ways might a wiki be useful?
3. What makes a good wiki?
What do you like and dislike about the above wikis? What seems to work well and what doesn’t? To find more wikis to evaluate try www.wikiindex.org/Welcome, which lists many wikis and is itself a wiki.
4. Contribute to a wiki
Go to Oxford’s Web 2:0 wiki http://socialouls.wetpaint.com/. This wiki is currently open for anyone to add comments – if you would like to register please click on ‘join this wiki’ and then ‘sign up now’. (In filling out the registration form please note that your username will display on the wiki and you may wish to untick the option to ‘receive updates about new wetpaint features’.)
Add your notes from questions 2 and 3 to the ‘Thoughts about Wikis’ page (found under ‘Oxford Study Day’ in the navigation menu). To add comments, use the ‘EasyEdit’ icon. Also, read what others have said!
Now add a link to your blog on the ‘Oxford Study Day Blogs’ page. To create a link, use the ‘Link’ icon in the ‘EasyEdit’ toolbar.
5. Creating your own wiki
There are many ‘wiki farms’ available to host your wiki e.g. PeanutButterWiki, Wetpaint, Wikia, Wikidot, etc. - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_wiki_farms for more information. For help with building wiki communities and content try http://www.wikipatterns.com/display/wikipatterns/Wikipatterns.
Look it up in Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/
2. Why use a wiki and not a traditional webpage?
If you wish to build a growing repository of up-to-date information in partnership with your usergroups and/or colleagues, then a wiki may be the answer. For example, see:
Biz Wiki
Library Instruction Wiki
National Archives Wiki
Think about your own library service – in what ways might a wiki be useful?
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3. What makes a good wiki?
What do you like and dislike about the above wikis? What seems to work well and what doesn’t? To find more wikis to evaluate try www.wikiindex.org/Welcome, which lists many wikis and is itself a wiki.
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4. Contribute to a wiki
Go to Oxford’s Web 2:0 wiki http://socialouls.wetpaint.com/. This wiki is currently open for anyone to add comments – if you would like to register please click on ‘join this wiki’ and then ‘sign up now’. (In filling out the registration form please note that your username will display on the wiki and you may wish to untick the option to ‘receive updates about new wetpaint features’.)
Add your notes from questions 2 and 3 to the ‘Thoughts about Wikis’ page (found under ‘Oxford Study Day’ in the navigation menu). To add comments, use the ‘EasyEdit’ icon. Also, read what others have said!
Now add a link to your blog on the ‘Oxford Study Day Blogs’ page. To create a link, use the ‘Link’ icon in the ‘EasyEdit’ toolbar.
5. Creating your own wiki
There are many ‘wiki farms’ available to host your wiki e.g. PeanutButterWiki, Wetpaint, Wikia, Wikidot, etc. - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_wiki_farms for more information. For help with building wiki communities and content try http://www.wikipatterns.com/display/wikipatterns/Wikipatterns.
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