Showing posts with label wiki. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wiki. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Thing 17 - add to Infopeople Wiki
OK, I decided just correcting a typo was cheating so I added information about Flickr on the Infopeople Our 23 Things Wiki.
Thing 16 - Wikis and libraries
See my earlier post from the online workshop: Library Wikis.
That posting received comments from one of the library wiki creators.
That posting received comments from one of the library wiki creators.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Thing 17 - Infopeople Wiki
I made a typographical correction on someone else's addition. Does that count?
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Things 16 and 20 wiki and videocast
Heard about this great video explaining the concept of a wiki in plain English. Just had to link to it here. Click on the play arrow within the picture to play it.
How cool is this? today I learned how to embed a Youtube video into my blog post. On the video page there was a friendly pointer to the code to "embed." I copied the text within that field and then went to my blog post. I clicked on the "Edit Html" tab and then pasted it in. I then went back to the Compose tab to continue writing the post.
How cool is this? today I learned how to embed a Youtube video into my blog post. On the video page there was a friendly pointer to the code to "embed." I copied the text within that field and then went to my blog post. I clicked on the "Edit Html" tab and then pasted it in. I then went back to the Compose tab to continue writing the post.
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
My WIKI (week 1 bonus exercise)
My wiki is at pbwiki. http://infopeepwork.pbwiki.com
It was easy to set up and add pages. I didn't spend much time with it but pretty intuitive. I don't like the ads above the title.
It was easy to set up and add pages. I didn't spend much time with it but pretty intuitive. I don't like the ads above the title.
Library Wikis
My thoughts on the wikis in exercise 3, week 1.
St Joseph County Library's Subject Guide. I liked it a lot. It brought up books from their collection which link to the catalog entry. They encourage user feedback through the discussion pages. The only page (and I didn't take the time to go through every page) that had user feedback was the main page, and that was from another librarian.
University of Huddersfield's. Why a Wiki, wouldn't a static web page have served them as well? From the recent changes it looks like they have issues with spammers. How much effort is going into keeping the site clean?
University of Minnesota. Nice look and feel. Great resource for staff. Obviously they put a lot of thought and content into it. I'd like to know how they got everyone to cooperate and provide content. I am very impressed.
University of Connecticut. Lots of useful staff information provided, from how to get to your email to system documentation to sections of the library explaining what they do.
Butler University: I'm not sure a wiki is the best way to provide access to online databases and paper reference materials. One clicks on a resource and then what?
Open WorldCat. I like the concept. Merging a bibliographic utility database with a wiki for easier contributions to records by catalogers and readers.
The geekier side of me thinks that Wikis are a great way for library staff to easily add content to informative pages without having to know how to program or edit html. The curmudgeon side of me think that there sure are a lot of resources and staff time devoted to this stuff and does our audience really care?
St Joseph County Library's Subject Guide. I liked it a lot. It brought up books from their collection which link to the catalog entry. They encourage user feedback through the discussion pages. The only page (and I didn't take the time to go through every page) that had user feedback was the main page, and that was from another librarian.
University of Huddersfield's. Why a Wiki, wouldn't a static web page have served them as well? From the recent changes it looks like they have issues with spammers. How much effort is going into keeping the site clean?
University of Minnesota. Nice look and feel. Great resource for staff. Obviously they put a lot of thought and content into it. I'd like to know how they got everyone to cooperate and provide content. I am very impressed.
University of Connecticut. Lots of useful staff information provided, from how to get to your email to system documentation to sections of the library explaining what they do.
Butler University: I'm not sure a wiki is the best way to provide access to online databases and paper reference materials. One clicks on a resource and then what?
Open WorldCat. I like the concept. Merging a bibliographic utility database with a wiki for easier contributions to records by catalogers and readers.
The geekier side of me thinks that Wikis are a great way for library staff to easily add content to informative pages without having to know how to program or edit html. The curmudgeon side of me think that there sure are a lot of resources and staff time devoted to this stuff and does our audience really care?
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