Of all the wiki examples that I have explored for this week, the one that impressed me the most was the Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki which seems to be a one stop shop for all the information and useful resources for Library Professional or staff working in any type of libraries. This wiki offers a wealth of information in a familiar Wikipedia style, with clearly visible content section on the right side box giving the user a hyper-linked list of topics that are available in the wiki, which definitely saved me from wandering aimlessly and helped me find the topics I found of interest to me.
The first thing I checked in this wiki is the Recent Changes Page , I found it very fascinating to be able to see who made what changes and when so easily, in fact I had edited/added a resource in the wiki recently, and there it was, the entry showing the date time and content I added with a link to the actual page it is listed. All the Categories offer great resources on a wide number of topics, the one I was really impressed was the Job searching resources under the Professional Category, which offers success stories, websites, blogs and lot of tips on interviews and successful resume writing techniques that will be very helpful for anyone looking for jobs in the library field. I also explored the Technology Category, which I found very rich with relevant and up to date information, especially the Information Sharing and Education section, where I could find some very handy resources on children's services which I am going to use at my library.
Overall, it can be said that I Found this wiki to be very authoritative and well organized, covering a wide range of topics that are highly relevant to the library world, both traditional and digital.
This most certainly is a well maintained and useful Wiki. As I was looking over the “Recent changes” section, I was struck by the amount of spam/vandalism and maintenance Wikis require. The “Professional” section will undoubtedly be useful for many of us in the near future. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree that this wiki was a well-organized and chock full of useful information. I love the concept of 'why re-invent the wheel', and was actually wondering how it could be possible that so many libraries or librarians have implemented such successful programs, but they have not been adopted by others. This wiki assists in ensuring that more of these great ideas are found and implemented.
ReplyDeleteI agree - this is a wonderful site. For some of the sections, so much more can be added, and it is a nice starting point. I also wondered about the spam. I've noticed it on a WordPress blog I created for another class. I finally had to disallow comments, because the spam got to be so bad. Of course, you can't do that with a Wiki, so I guess constant maintenance is the key.
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