Thursday, October 18, 2007

#16 So what’s in a wiki?

I think a wiki could be used very successfully in the library by allowing patrons to add comments to the catalogue in the form of reviews and comments. The main content of the catalogue would be maintained as now but by allowing borrowere to add their comments we could create a lot of interest. We have found in the past everyone likes to know what other people are reading.
One of the examples showed the use of a wiki as a share training tool. This would also be useful in the library world and would allow the details to be constantly updated.
Because I didn't know much at all about wikis I found the camping trip organisation really explained it for me. Wikis could also (maybe) be used as a management tool to gain ideas on a topic from the staff allowing the ideas to evolve similar as to what happens when you brainstorm using a white board.

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