LETS ALL WIKI WIKI

Let’s All Wiki Wiki! Creative Uses for Wikis in Any Library Debbie Ginsberg July 9, 2006 C-2 The Big Question: What’s a Wiki? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Let’s ask Ward Cunningham • The simplest online database that could possibly work. http://wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatIsWiki Why Don’t We Try Another Definition • A server-based collaborative tool that allows any authorized user to edit Web pages and create new ones using nothing more than a Web browser and a text entry form on a Web page. Brenda Chawner and Paul H. Lewis in “WikiWikiWebs: New Ways to Communicate in a Web Environment.” Information Technology and Libraries, March 2006. What Do Wikis Do? • Online social collaboration • Use internal and external hyperlinks to form concepts and promote ideas • Easily edit or create new pages • Retain previous versions Wiki Caveats: No Editor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Seigenthaler_Sr._ Wikipedia_biography_controversy Wiki Caveats: Spam http://www.west-wind.com/wiki/wc.dll?wc~MetaRefresh Wiki Example: WikiNews http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page WikiNews: Article WikiNews: Sources WikiNews: Edits WikiNews: Comparing Edits WikiNews: Discussion Researching with Wikis: General http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Researching with Wikis: General http://www.scgis.gov/?n=Main.HomePage Researching with Wikis: Law http://www.jurispedia.org/ Researching with Wikis: Law http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Main_Page Researching with Wikis: Wex Researching with Wikis: Law http://www.democracy.wiki-law.org/index.php? title=United_States Researching with Wikis: Libraries http://liswiki.org/wiki/Wikis Wikis in Libraries: Resource Portals http://www.seedwiki.com/wiki/butler_wikiref Wikis in Libraries: Resource Portals Wikis in Libraries: Resource Portals Wikis in Libraries: Instruction Wikis in Libraries: Intranets http://wiki.lib.uconn.edu/wiki/Main_Page Wikis in Libraries: Intranets Creating Wikis • What kind of wiki? • Where will the wiki be hosted? • What application to use? • Who will control content? Choosing a Wiki Application http://www.wikimatrix.org/ Comparing Wiki Apps: Features Comparing Wiki Apps: Syntax Creating Wikis: Step by Step • Considerations: – Where to host? – What to include? – How do these things work, anyway? Choosing a Platform: MediaWiki http://www.mediawiki.org Choosing a Platform: PBWiki http://www.pbwiki.com Choosing a Platform: JotSpot http://www.jot.com Choosing a Platform: Edit This http://www.editthis.info/wiki/Main_Page Introducing LawLibWik http://www.editthis.info/lawlibrary/Main_Page Creating Wikis: Editing Pages Creating Wikis: Saving Changes Creating Wikis: The WYSIWYG Editor Insert Internal Link Insert External Link Insert Level 2 Heading Ignore Wiki Formatting Creating Wikis: Adding New Pages Double Bracket for Internal Link Creating Wikis: Linking Single Bracket for External Link Creating Wikis: Categories Double Bracket plus “Category:” to create a new category Creating Wikis: Categories Red Link means the page has no content Creating Wikis: Discussions Creating Wikis: Tracking Edits Other Applications: PBWiki Other Applications: JotSpot Let’s All Wiki Wiki • Let’s create a Law Librarian Wiki • Teach research skills to new librarians • Share knowledge learned from listservs, email, blogs • Discuss issues of importance to us