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Thing No 8 - wikis. Lots of information here ... have been a fan of wikipedia for years but had not explored the wider wiki world - LOTS of information!
I see plusses and minuses in wikis - for example, spreading library news via wiki alone might be too targetted .. if I'm the one who has to go to the wiki and see what has been added I might not do it. On the other hand, it could be an archive of past news events etc, as well as having areas for people to collaborate, to have quizzes, website of the week, etc disseminated in a funkier way than my current very vanilla emails.
Lecturers / other staff might collaborate via wiki to develop ideas - you might get honest feedback if they think we can't track who posted. Some areas need to be monitored for appropriateness of content.
Traditional e-mail is cumbersome when you are working on a project with several people. Wikis are a way for everyone to "be on the same page." -- though only the techno-confident will try, and you don't have to know html, for example. The fact that the LRC runs a wiki might be enough to get others to have a go .. and raise our credibility in our colleagues' eyes.
It's the collaboration part that interests me, though easily edited work instructions, "how to use a " pages might be good - so long as only reliable people contribute. I understand that authoritative versions of pages can be restored, but that might take time.
I await with interest the evolution of wikis in the library world.
A week later : still thinking over wikis .. I hadn't really put this into words . one of hte things that's good about wikis as opposed to blogs, or rather one of the differences I suppose, is the non-linear nature of wikis, whereas blogs are chronological ... wikis are very much suited to a planning tool / ongoing set of instructions use.
Thing no 9 - have added some comments to the Sandbox page .. didn't get as far as adding photos, but I think I finally triumphed over colour and font changes ... the network gave me the irrits, as I thought changes had not stuck, handicapping myself when in fact I needed to be more patient.
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