Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Week 5 - Wikis

I had a tour through the recommended wikis & have come to the conclusion that they could have the following uses:
- quick version of a library homepage or perhaps library faculty homepage (e.g. SJCPL - however I found their discussion page strange)
- communication about good/useful books/resources for subject/unit areas (BookLovers Wiki)
- internal staff communication
e.g. library wide diary of staff movements (rosters, who's on leave etc)
e.g. library wide diary of meetings (easy to lose track when venues/times keep changing)
-FAQs for reference desk, loans desk- procedures manual
- staff discussions/collaboration/organizing (Library2.0 on the loose: unconference) this may cut down on the circuitous emails!

Blackboard wiki
Although I didn't try to edit the wiki, the process looks simple.

3 comments:

ELLE said...

Lots of good ideas here. I think I need to take time to tink about them. i like the idea of using wikis for topics which will capture a lot of discussion all in one place.
ELLE

nap said...

I'm just waiting for the team to get started...so when?

Mike said...

Hi,

Just out of interest, why have you got a link to our humble little blog?

Mike :-)