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WEEK 4 : WIKIPEDIA AND WIKIS ...
I am quite familiar with Wikipedia, and have to admit that I am often tempted to check it first when looking for some factual data, but on the other hand I realise that the information published there does not come from authoritative sources, so it has to be cross-checked.
What I appreciate most in this web-based interactive technology is that it opens limitless possibilities of sharing very specific areas of knowledge, though it also has fairly general applications in practically any field and can be designed for absolutely any group of users.
I looked at the Montana History Wiki, Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki, and SJCPL Subject Guides wiki. Montana History Wiki and SJCPL Subject Guides wiki are just subject guides, with the latter one having perhaps a more pleasing design. The Library Success … is a very interesting example of a wiki that has ‘organisational know-how’ content.
With regard to the library application, I can see wiki technology as a knowledge base tool, as a content management tool, and as a tool that can provide streamlined access to finding aids.
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Wikis do have their place. Thanks for your thoughts about them.
Ellen (PLS)
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