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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b
style="">OPLIN 4Cast #153: Wikis</b><br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">November 18, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span class="GramE"><span
class="grame"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">4casting technologies
that could have an impact on
public libraries.</span></i></span></span></h1>
While waiting for your Google Wave invitation, you could try an
already-existing form of online collaboration: the wiki.<br>
<p>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?</p>
<p>You have procedures that you would like to share with your
staff...let your
staff collaborate with you!</p>
<p>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 <a
href="http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2009/11/welcome-to-the-wiki-party.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss"
target="_blank">Wikis in the workplace.</a></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Some OPLIN staff members use these
free wiki software packages: <a
href="http://tiddlywiki.org/wiki/Main_Page" target="_blank"><span
class="SpellE">TiddlyWiki</span></a> and <a
href="http://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki" target="_blank"><span
class="SpellE">dokuwiki</span>.</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Or here is a wiki comparing available
wiki software: <a
href="http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Comparison_of_wiki_farms"
target="_blank">Wiki farm</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Two examples of a wiki in use:</p>
<ul type="disc">
<li><a href="http://wiki.sla.org/display/CEWIKI/Wikis+101+Home">Wikis
101 Home</a> – from Special Libraries Association</li>
<li><a href="http://couros.wikispaces.com/emerging+technologies"
target="_blank">Open Thinking Wiki </a>- Digital Literacies &
Emerging Technologies</li>
</ul>
<p><b><i>Cool fact from this 4Cast:</i></b><i><br>
"Wiki" has been <span class="SpellE">backronymed</span> by some to
"What I Know <span class="GramE">Is</span>" (<a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>)</i></p>
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