OK, I didn't mean anything by that title, just riffing....I am supposed to "give my impressions of this week’s exercises and any thoughts on how wikis can help libraries". I found the content informative and the search in Wikipedia interesting. I looked up Wind Point, and someone did a demographics page. If you want the census figures for WP, go there. Surprisingly, the burg is 95% white! (Who'd have thunk?)
As for libraries, I already have access to a library-related wiki, so I don't have to wonder. As a virtual reference librarian, I use a wiki sponsored by Questionpoint, the service from OCLC that provides backup for the nation's library chat functions. There we have all loaded on our favorite sites under different categories. So if a question is a real brain-teaser, we can go there instead of fishing on google, and pick a good site for a search on - say - the chemical elements table. It is very helpful to us, and only a click away. Plus we can add content so it is a protean organism!
How do you think a wiki could aid your particular library project? Feel free to leave a comment.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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