Wiki-Wiki-Woo

Assignment #16 So what’s in a wiki?

I like Wikis. However blogs have spoiled me. Blogs are sooooo easy to create and maintain. However, blogs are not so good for collaborative resources and for info that is going to be fairly static. (But it's still true that blogs have spoiled me.) I took a look at the wikis listed under this assignment's discovery exercise. Oddly enough, according to the Bull Run Library wiki, it belongs to a patron, rather than library staff.

Last year Chad helped me set one up to use as a workspace for a short-lived university task group. I liked it much better that what the TF had been using--BlackBoard.

I especially find valuable wikis that have been created by institutions during digitization projects. An example is the Confluence wiki for the Indiana University Digital Library Program.

I am a fan of Wikipedia for pop culture. I use it to find out the background on fiction series, what book is next, and what is the deal on the Foreigner Universe.