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Ride the ‘Wiki’ bus!Wikis and their use in libraries
Presented by:
David Dwiggins, Dean’s Fellow for Technology Support
Sally LeGore, GSLIS ASIS&T member
Cindy Fisher, Dean’s Fellow for Teaching Assistance
What is a wiki?
Essentially it is a website built by its users
A system for making a website:
Collaboratively
Rapidly
Easily (no special skills required)
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Where did the name come from?
The word “wiki” comes from the Hawaiian word wiki-wiki, which means “rapidly”
Wiki inventor Ward Cunningham saw the word on buses traveling to and from the airport in Hawaii
Another definition
“While a blog is basically an exercise in personal vanity for making publications, a wiki permits a group of persons to collaborate on a web site.
A wiki can have an unlimited number of authors who are able to add and change pages within the wiki site. If this sounds chaotic, it is, but the majority of wikis have guidelines that keep the group moving in more or less the same direction.”
Source: Levine, J. Young, M, and Baroudi, C. (2006) Internet for Dummies (9 Ed.) Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Pub., c2003.
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About WikipediaWikipedia is a massive project founded by Jimmy Wales
It is an encyclopedia on the net that everyone can edit
There are many articles in many languages
Currently 1,397, 000+ in English
Wikipedia inspires controversy
Some librarians are uneasy about this site:
Anyone can edit, but how do we know they are correct?
Many people don’t understand the difference between Wikipedia and a more authoritative resource.
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But…
A study published in the journal“Nature” revealed that articles about science in “Encyclopedia Britanica”were only slightly more correct than those in Wikipedia.
Major errors: 3 in Britanica, 4 in Wikipedia
Minor errors: 123 in Britanica, 162 in Wikipedia
Source: “Internet encyclopedias go head to head” Nature 438:15. (Dec. 2005) pp. 900-901.
Artículo de Nature
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There are many other wikis!
From the WikiMedia foundation:
There are many other wikis!
From other people and organizations:The Front Desk Wiki
WikiMania Conference
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Other WikisFront Desk Wiki
Wikimaniahttp://wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
WikiMedia’s 2nd Annual Conference at Harvard Law
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Wikis in your library?
It is possible to use wikis for many different things
For example:Procedural manuals
Knowledge transfer
Spreading best practices
Subject guides
Procedural Manuals
The reference desk at Beatley Library, Simmons College has “RefWiki,” a wiki with procedures for working in the library.
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RefWiki
RefWiki (cont)
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RefWiki (cont 2)
Knowledge transfer
When a person leaves an organization, their knowledge goes with them.
With a wiki, it is posisble to document this knowledge before they leave
For example:Dwiggipedia
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Dwiggipedia
Approximately 6 months before Dave left his job at the newspaper, he made a wiki to document what he knew…
An article from Dwiggipedia
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Spreading best practices
Library Success Wiki
URL: http://www.libsuccess.org
More information:http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wikimania/
Library Success Wiki
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Subject guides
Help your patrons find information on subjects they are interested in
For example:Harry Potter
Local History
Harry Potter Subject Guide
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Local History Guide
Guide to the ALA Convention
For the last two years, the ALA has used wikis to inform attendees of its annual convention.
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ALA Guide
To make a wikiYou need software installed on your web server, such as
MediaWikiWikkaWikiTwiki
Every system is differentIt is also possible to use a service that already exists on the Internet
For example, http://wiki.mailxmail.com/
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Why do we use MediaWiki?
The system is an example of “Open Source”software” – free (as in speech) and free (as in beer). It is possible to modify it for our needs.
There are many extensions for the systemFor example, with an LDAP extension, it is possible for students, professors, and staff to use the same password as the college network
It is used for the largest wiki projects, including Wikipedia. Many people are already familiar with it.
Success of a Wiki rests on…Common interest
Inclusion, not exclusion
And of the utmost importance: users must feel like they have something to contribute
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And surprisingly, they fail…Not because of:
Controversy
Bad writing
But because of:Lack of focus
Mismatched expectations
Edit wars
ResourcesFarkas, Meredith. Wikis: A Beginner’s Look: Harnessing the Collective Intelligence - A presentation at “Computers in Libraries,”March 23, 2006. (en Ingles)
http://meredith.wolfwater.com/cil06/
Fichter, Darlene. Wikis in Libraries: Sites, Resources and Links (en Ingles)
http://library.usask.ca/~fichter/wiki/
About Wikipediahttp://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Acerca_de