How do you Wiki?
Submitted by mepeppers on Wed, 2007-02-28 21:26.
Since our Outloook server is down, I decided to take some tiem and actually do an activity more thoroughly than I had been. I navigated a few of the wiki sites recommended by our instructors and reviewed some of the technology available in order to create one's wiki. Personally, I rather like Wikia ... must be part of the comfort zone since the site looks and feels more like the wikis I have been exposed to thus far. I shall not use this post to "bash" some of the library websites, but in all honesty, if the site is not visually appealing, why would I care to visit? Clouds ... tags ... this is a tad overwhelming and maybe my inner tech-geek has yet to surface.
More on point: How could I see our library using? There were wonderful suggestions during our chat session that really opened up a stream of thought: Instruction (loved the Library Instruction wiki!), subject guides, internal staff page ... all very appropriate and desireable for us. But in terms of time commitment, that makes me nervous. The waning of excitement of using the new technology/software. I noticed one business library wiki had not been updated since 2005. In a perfect world, would not want that to happen; though it may be inevitable.
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But isn't this true of any
But isn't this true of any library website? Any technology? If the content is old, then it should be taken down.
In terms of the last date of
In terms of the last date of update you saw on the wiki, that may have just been for that specific page of the wiki. In MediaWiki, each individual page shows the last date of update, so it probably only meant that that specific page hadn't been updated since 2005. And if that page just describes a database or something that hasn't changed at all, it may be just fine. The problem is when information actually gets out of date, but it is the same with a Web research guide. And the nice thing about a wiki, is that if you notice that there is a dead link, it only takes a moment to fix rather than editing the HTML and then uploading it, or (worse) contacting the Webmaster and asking him or her to fix it.