What are they?
- Web sites that allows visitors to add, edit, or delete existing content.
- Content management tools make editing simple – no need for users to have anything more than basic MS Word skills.
- Wikipedia is a popular online, collaborative encyclopedia.
Sounds crazy…
- Yes, anyone can post anything, including spam and malicious content. To counter this, wikis rely on an active community to regularly review and remove such content. As Meredith Farkas notes, "it is self-organized group behaviour in action".
Why would a library be interested?
- Subject Guides: community has great input; librarian can regularly moderate content.
- Internal Information: staff can regularly update a page devoted to reference questions.
- For more, see Meredith Farkas' article: Using Wikis to Create Online Communities
A few good links…
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