Lesson 9: Wikis
It would seem that there are many things to consider when deciding to create a Wiki site. Whom is the Wiki reaching out to? Librarians? Teachers? Or the general public and for what purpose? Will it be informational or instructional? What kind of guidelines will be established? Someone may have to decide what is and is not acceptable. Will it be Live? Or hosted by a Wiki farm? What software to use? When accessing the Montana Librarians Wiki, the security on my computer went crazy. It seems the site Wetpaint is high-risk according to the security software on my home computer. It tells me ‘Owner: Hides its identity.’ This is only the beginning of the list. It seems to go on and on.
There are advantages to using a Wiki but on the other side, there are the disadvantages. I like that in the case of the Montana Librarians Wiki they have guidelines for Wiki use which shows that there is someone keeping and eye out to make sure people do not go overboard with their comments, deletions, and/or additions to the Wiki.
The use of a Wiki in the Library World does have advantages. It could be informational as well as instructional. Patrons would be able to give their thoughts using the guidelines that were established.
Do not get me wrong if there were more hours in the day I might consider establishing a Wiki of some sort. But for right now, I will try answering some of the many questions and weighing the advantages and disadvantages of the establishment of a Wiki.
It would seem that there are many things to consider when deciding to create a Wiki site. Whom is the Wiki reaching out to? Librarians? Teachers? Or the general public and for what purpose? Will it be informational or instructional? What kind of guidelines will be established? Someone may have to decide what is and is not acceptable. Will it be Live? Or hosted by a Wiki farm? What software to use? When accessing the Montana Librarians Wiki, the security on my computer went crazy. It seems the site Wetpaint is high-risk according to the security software on my home computer. It tells me ‘Owner: Hides its identity.’ This is only the beginning of the list. It seems to go on and on.
There are advantages to using a Wiki but on the other side, there are the disadvantages. I like that in the case of the Montana Librarians Wiki they have guidelines for Wiki use which shows that there is someone keeping and eye out to make sure people do not go overboard with their comments, deletions, and/or additions to the Wiki.
The use of a Wiki in the Library World does have advantages. It could be informational as well as instructional. Patrons would be able to give their thoughts using the guidelines that were established.
Do not get me wrong if there were more hours in the day I might consider establishing a Wiki of some sort. But for right now, I will try answering some of the many questions and weighing the advantages and disadvantages of the establishment of a Wiki.
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As you probably know, this program was created on a wiki!
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