[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4Cast #153: Wikis

[Bobbi Galvin]

*OPLIN 4Cast #153: Wikis*
November 18, 2009


  /4casting technologies that could have an impact on public libraries./

While waiting for your Google Wave invitation, you could try an 
already-existing form of online collaboration: the wiki.

So you've done a presentation or you have an idea that you would like to 
expand...wouldn't you like to allow your audience to contribute to your 
vision?

You have procedures that you would like to share with your staff...let 
your staff collaborate with you!

If you would like to create a collaborative website, or a just place for 
your own notes, try creating a wiki.  Here is a practical introduction 
to Wikis in the workplace. 
<http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2009/11/welcome-to-the-wiki-party.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss>

    * Some OPLIN staff members use these free wiki software packages: 
      TiddlyWiki <http://tiddlywiki.org/wiki/Main_Page> and dokuwiki.
      <http://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki>
    * Or here is a wiki comparing available wiki software:  Wiki farm
      <http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Comparison_of_wiki_farms>

Two examples of a wiki in use:

    * Wikis 101 Home <http://wiki.sla.org/display/CEWIKI/Wikis+101+Home>
      -- from Special Libraries Association
    * Open Thinking Wiki
      <http://couros.wikispaces.com/emerging+technologies>- Digital
      Literacies & Emerging Technologies

*/Cool fact from this 4Cast:/*/
"Wiki" has been backronymed by some to "What I Know Is" (Wikipedia 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki>)/

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-- 
Bobbi Galvin
OPLIN Customer Relations & Support
P: 1-888-966-7546
www.oplin.org

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