How could I not think of my favorite Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote?! Wiki's quick / easy use has become a favorite of mine. I loved this week's lesson! Using Wikis has a use in everyone's life, especially any kind of research for individual hobbies, activitives, or interests. It nice to have a place where one can connect with others for suggestions.
I especially enjoyed looking around in the SJCPL Subject Guide wiki. While there's a lot that reminds me of KCLS' Home page as well as our 'Data Base' page, it seemed to go much farther, offering more information. I can see the advantage of in depth Wiki use as time goes a long here at KCLS.
The BookLovers Wiki was another interesting spot. Reading programs/clubs/groups often can't be attended because of work/time restraints. What a terrific way to reach MORE patrons and have them participate in Library discussion groups. While it appears that the 'BookLovers Wiki' is only open to the select group of that Library's patrons, I'll bet if one looked, there'd be a 'BookLover' Wiki out there for anyone to join. (something on my 'to do' list!)
Getting so involved in this Wiki 'thing', I spent a lot of time this morning looking around some of the Library Wiki examples. Fun! (good thing I'm doing this at home!) What a great source of information. I found Oregon Library's Instruction Wiki most interesting. Did our Learning 2.0 - 27 Things leaders go there and look at the link to Library 2.0 in 15 Minutes a Day? I wouldn't be surprised if they did. The Web address (URLs) Quick-Tip learning and Plagearizing were other examples of the kinds of helpful places to find help and information.
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Hi, I'm glad you liked the wiki - actually I got a lot of ideas for it from the KCLS program, and from the original 23 Things program by Helene Blowers. When i was developing the wiki i asked the folks at KCLS if i could use some of their content, or link to it, and they said sure. It's nice to know that people like it, though. Check back from time to time, I'm adding more things to it every few days. Looks like i have to post with my Blogger name, but you can see my library related blog at http://supercrazylibrarianguy.wordpress.com/
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