Putting Wikis to Work in Libraries

Lombardo, Nancy; Mower, Allyson; McFarland, Mary

doi:10.1080/02763860802114223

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“…“Wikis allow documents to be written collaboratively, using a simple markup language, or using a graphical user interface (GUI) in a web browser. A ‘wiki’ is a collection of single ‘wiki pages,’ usually interconnected via hyper‐linking” (Lombardo et al , 2008). “Unlike protected web pages, any information added to a wiki can be changed or deleted by anyone […] It also allows for linking among any number of pages.…”

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Adoption of Web 2.0 in US academic libraries: a survey of ARL library websites

Mahmood

Richardson

2011

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PurposeThis paper aims to survey the web sites of the academic libraries of the Association of Research Libraries (USA) regarding the adoption of Web 2.0 technologies.Design/methodology/approachThe websites of 100 member academic libraries of the Association of Research Libraries (USA) were surveyed.FindingsAll libraries were found to be using various tools of Web 2.0. Blogs, microblogs, RSS, instant messaging, social networking sites, mashups, podcasts, and vodcasts were widely adopted, while wikis, photo sharing, presentation sharing, virtual worlds, customized webpage and vertical search engines were used less. Libraries were using these tools for sharing news, marketing their services, providing information literacy instruction, providing information about print and digital resources, and soliciting feedback of users.Originality/valueThe paper is useful for future planning of Web 2.0 use in academic libraries.

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Adoption of Web 2.0 in US academic libraries: a survey of ARL library websites

Mahmood

Richardson

2011

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“…Some examples include the University of Utah's Eccles Health Sciences Library, which employs several wikis to improve project collaborations such as grant proposal writing, strategic planning, and procedure manual development. 5 Drexel University Health Sciences Library uses a wiki to improve communication among branches, to replace the hard-copy reference manual, and as a training tool. 6 The Quillen College of Medicine Library at East Tennessee State University uses a wiki to manage the library's instruction program, to collaborate resources creation, and to divide the workload.…”

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The Medical Matters Wiki

Robertson

Burnham

et al. 2008

Medical Reference Services Quarterly

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New and innovative information technologies drive the ever-evolving library profession. From clay tablet to parchment scroll to manufactured paper to computer screen pixel, information storage, retrieval, and delivery methods continue to evolve, and each advance irrevocably affects the way libraries, and librarians, work. The Internet has forever altered information and library science, both in theory and practice, but even within this context the progression continues. Though ambiguously defined, Web 2.0 offers a new outlook and new software, presenting librarians with potentially invaluable new tools and methods. This paper discusses the creation, implementation, and maintenance of a Web 2.0 technology, the wiki, as a resource tool for an academic biomedical library.

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“…Media Wiki (http://www.mediawiki.org/) is the software selected for use in this project. It was originally developed for Wikipedia, but it has been widely used to support various types of online activities such as teaching and learning online (Gao et al, 2008; Florea et al, 2008) and providing library services (Lombardo et al, 2008; Frumkin, 2005) (see Figure 2 for the main page of the project wiki, http://curric.dlib.vt.edu/wiki/).…”

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Using a Wiki as a platform for formative evaluation

Wildemuth

Pomerantz

et al. 2009

Proc of Assoc for Info

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This poster describes and discusses the process by which expert reviewers used a Wiki to provide evaluative comments on a set of educational modules developed by the Digital Library (DL) Curriculum Development project. A total of 32 experts from 23 universities in 6 countries provided comments on the 10 draft educational modules. The Wiki was an effective tool for the reviewers to identify and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the modules, to share their experiences of teaching DL courses, and to communicate with the project team. The Wiki played an important role as a fundamental venue for building the DL community, based on these collaborative activities.

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Putting Wikis to Work in Libraries

Cited by 6 publications

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Adoption of Web 2.0 in US academic libraries: a survey of ARL library websites

Adoption of Web 2.0 in US academic libraries: a survey of ARL library websites

The Medical Matters Wiki

Using a Wiki as a platform for formative evaluation

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