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| | By Meredith Gorran Farkas<br /> | | By Meredith Gorran Farkas<br /> |
| | Distance Learning Librarian<br /> | | Distance Learning Librarian<br /> |
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| | [http://meredith.wolfwater.com/contact.php Contact me by e-mail]<br /> | | [http://meredith.wolfwater.com/contact.php Contact me by e-mail]<br /> |
| | AIM & MSN Messenger: librarianmer<br /> | | AIM & MSN Messenger: librarianmer<br /> |
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| | + | === For the Podcast that accompanies this talk, please click on [http://www.opal-online.org/wiki20060112.mp3 Part One] and [http://www.opal-online.org/wiki20060112b.mp3 Part Two] === |
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| − | == What is a Wiki? ==
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| − | A wiki allows a group of people to collaboratively develop a Web site with no knowledge of HTML or other markup languages. Anyone can add to or edit pages in a wiki -- it is completely egalitarian. Anyone can create new wiki pages simply by creating a new link with the name of the page. Pages are connected not hierarchically, but by hyperlinks between pages.
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| − | According to the creator of Wiki, Ward Cunningham, wikis can be identified by the following characteristics:
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| − | *"A wiki invites all users to edit any page or to create new pages within the wiki Web site, using only a plain-vanilla Web browser without any extra add-ons."
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| − | *"Wiki promotes meaningful topic associations between different pages by making page link creation almost intuitively easy and by showing whether an intended target page exists or not."
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| − | *"A wiki is not a carefully crafted site for casual visitors. Instead, it seeks to involve the visitor in an ongoing process of creation and collaboration that constantly changes the Web site landscape."
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| − | (From Leuf, Bo and Ward Cunningham. ''The Wiki Way: Quick Collaboration on the Web''. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson, 2001: 16.)
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| − | == Why Wiki? ==
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| − | *Easy to use
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| − | **Web-based
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| − | **Simple syntax (don't need to know HTML)
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| − | *Anyone can make changes -- no more waiting for the Webmaster to get around to your requested changes.
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| − | *Many free and open source options
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| − | *Flexible and extensible
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| − | == Why Not? ==
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| − | *Too open -- "I don't want someone changing ''my'' writing!"
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| − | *Disorganized
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| − | *Vandalism and spam
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| − | == How Libraries Can Use Wikis With Their Patrons ==
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| − | *Community Wiki
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| − | **Examples:
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| − | ***[http://wiki.ucalgary.ca/page/Main_Page University of Calgary Wiki]
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| − | ***[http://arborwiki.org/index.php?title=Main_Page Ann Arbor Wiki] (done by the Community High School Web Group)
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| − | ***[http://rocwiki.org/ RocWiki]: The People's Guide to Rochester
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| − | ***[http://daviswiki.org/Front_Page Davis Wiki]
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| − | *Subject Guide Wiki
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| − | **Examples:
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| − | ***[http://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/bizwiki/index.php/Main_Page Biz Wiki] (Ohio University)
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| − | ***[http://www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php/Main_Page SJCPL's Subject Guides](St. Joseph County Public Library)
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| − | *Wikify the OPAC
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| − | **Patrons annotating the catalog -- see [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/isbn/1594200637&tab=reviews Open WorldCat] for an example.
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| − | *Wiki as Courseware
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| − | **Examples:
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| − | ***[http://biro.bemidjistate.edu/~morgan/e-rhetoric/wiki.php E-Rhetoric Wiki] (course at Bemidji State University)
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| − | ***[http://biro.bemidjistate.edu/cgi/twwtwiki.pl Teaching Writing With Technology Wiki](course at Bemidji State University)
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| − | == How Librarians Can Use Wikis for Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration ==
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| − | *Staff Intranet
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| − | **Collaborative Document Development
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| − | **Reference Wiki
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| − | ***Example: [http://wiki.lib.umn.edu/University of Minnesota Libraries Staff Homepage]
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| − | *Collective Knowledge Base
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| − | **Stop reinventing the wheel!
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| − | **Benefit from the experiences of others
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| − | **Examples:
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| − | ***[http://www.libsuccess.org Library Success Wiki] -- space for collecting success stories about providing services in libraries
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| − | ***[http://instructionwiki.org/Main_Page Library Instruction Wiki] -- space for collecting Web links, hand-outs, and success stories about providing information literacy instruction.
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| − | ***[http://www.liswiki.com/wiki/Main_Page LISWiki] -- general library science knowledge base
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| − | ***[http://www.digiwik.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page DigiWik] -- all about digitization
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| − | ***[http://teacherslounge.editme.com/ The Teachers' Lounge] -- collective knowledge base for teachers
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| − | *Guidebook
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| − | **Examples:
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| − | ***[http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wiki ALA Chicago 2005 Unofficial Wiki]
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| − | ***[http://ili2005.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome Internet Librarian International 2005 Unofficial Wiki]
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| − | *Planning Space for Conferences, Meetings, etc.
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| − | **Example: [http://higheredblogcon.editme.com/ HigherEd BlogCon] planning wiki
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| − | *Group Projects
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| − | **Collaboratively editing a document.
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| − | == So You Want To Build a Wiki: Important Considerations ==
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| − | === Where Will Your Wiki Live? ===
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| − | '''DIY Wikis''' (hosted on your server, installed by you)
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| − | *[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki]
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| − | *[http://phpwiki.sourceforge.net/ PhpWiki]
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| − | *[http://www.pmwiki.org/ PmWiki]
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| − | *[http://www.xwiki.org/ XWiki]
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| − | *[http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/ MoinMoinWiki]
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| − | Check out the [http://www.wikimatrix.org/ Wiki Matrix] to compare wikis side-by-side.
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| − | '''Hosted Wikis/Wiki Farms''' (your wiki on another company's servers)
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| − | *[http://www.pbwiki.com/ PBWiki] (''free'')
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| − | *[http://www.schtuff.com/ Schtuff] (''free'')
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| − | *[http://www.seedwiki.com/ SeedWiki] (''free'')
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| − | *[http://www.wikispaces.com/ Wikispaces] (''free'')
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| − | *[http://www.editme.com EditMe.com]
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| − | *[http://www.jot.com/index.php JotSpot]
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| − | *[http://www.socialtext.com/ SocialText] (''enterprise wiki'')
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| − | Check out the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wiki_farms List of wiki farms] in the Wikipedia.
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| − | === Important Things to Consider When Choosing Wiki Software ===
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| − | *Programming language
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| − | *Ease of installation
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| − | *Ease of use
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| − | *Cost
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| − | *Syntax
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| − | *Version control
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| − | *Ability to hold discussions
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| − | *RSS
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| − | *Ability to change look
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| − | *Security
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| − | **Permissioning
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| − | **Spam prevention
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| − | === Getting People On Board ===
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| − | *Have a specific purpose
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| − | *To structure or not to structure?
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| − | *Be explicit.
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| − | *Actively prevent spam.
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| − | See my advice for building a successfull wiki at ''[http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/?p=254 ALA Wiki: What I learned and what I’m doing with it]'' (on my blog) and ''[http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=11262 So You Want to Build a Wiki?]'' (from WebJunction).
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