Comments on: A wiki for public libraries: your feedback requested http://plablog.org/2007/01/a-wiki-for-public-libraries-your-feedback-requested.html Official Blog of the Public Library Association Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:21:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Andrea Mercado http://plablog.org/2007/01/a-wiki-for-public-libraries-your-feedback-requested.html/comment-page-1#comment-1755 Andrea Mercado Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:55:52 +0000 1584993207#comment-1755 The plan for the wiki is to start with some small amount of "seed" content, but nothing more, and to start with simple categories, to make it easy for everyone to categorize and find the content. We want to leave room for the wiki to grow through interactivity with the web public at large... if we wanted to put it all together ourselves, we'd be better off just building static web pages than using an interactive environment like a wiki. :) The reason this is a separate wiki is because it has a separate purpose. The Library Success wiki is a repository of best practice information, whereas the Public Library wiki would be an encyclopedia about public librarianship, with encyclopedic entries about different aspects of the field. The audiences of both wikis are also different. The target audience of the Library Success wiki is, predominantly, librarians and those who work in/for/with libraries. The target audience of the Public Library Wiki is way broader, designed to provide content to everyone from your average patron (or unpatron, for that matter) right up the ranks to a library director. There will be interlinking between the two wikis, but because they serve different purposes and audiences, they are best left as different entities. The plan for the wiki is to start with some small amount of “seed” content, but nothing more, and to start with simple categories, to make it easy for everyone to categorize and find the content. We want to leave room for the wiki to grow through interactivity with the web public at large… if we wanted to put it all together ourselves, we’d be better off just building static web pages than using an interactive environment like a wiki. :)

The reason this is a separate wiki is because it has a separate purpose. The Library Success wiki is a repository of best practice information, whereas the Public Library wiki would be an encyclopedia about public librarianship, with encyclopedic entries about different aspects of the field.

The audiences of both wikis are also different. The target audience of the Library Success wiki is, predominantly, librarians and those who work in/for/with libraries. The target audience of the Public Library Wiki is way broader, designed to provide content to everyone from your average patron (or unpatron, for that matter) right up the ranks to a library director.

There will be interlinking between the two wikis, but because they serve different purposes and audiences, they are best left as different entities.

]]> By: David Liziard http://plablog.org/2007/01/a-wiki-for-public-libraries-your-feedback-requested.html/comment-page-1#comment-1754 David Liziard Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:44:36 +0000 1584993207#comment-1754 If I may, I would suggest you wouldn't start too big. The much bigger a wiki is, the much hard it is to organize (sorry for my bad english). Why not collaborate with the Library success wiki (and Meredith Farkas) as a start ? If I may, I would suggest you wouldn’t start too big. The much bigger a wiki is, the much hard it is to organize (sorry for my bad english).

Why not collaborate with the Library success wiki (and Meredith Farkas) as a start ?

]]> By: #16 Wikis in Libraries &; #17 Add an Entry « 23challenge http://plablog.org/2007/01/a-wiki-for-public-libraries-your-feedback-requested.html/comment-page-1#comment-1748 #16 Wikis in Libraries &; #17 Add an Entry « 23challenge Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:21:24 +0000 1584993207#comment-1748 [...] there’s a good list of Public Library wiki applications from the last PLA online.  It was shared as part of an excellent presentation I [...] [...] there’s a good list of Public Library wiki applications from the last PLA online.  It was shared as part of an excellent presentation I [...]

]]> By: LibrarySupportStaff.Org » Wikipedia of Public Libraries - Presentation http://plablog.org/2007/01/a-wiki-for-public-libraries-your-feedback-requested.html/comment-page-1#comment-1499 LibrarySupportStaff.Org » Wikipedia of Public Libraries - Presentation Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:55:22 +0000 1584993207#comment-1499 [...] Mercado, PLA Blog Manager, on wikis and how they can benefit libraries.   It contains a link to a request for feedback about a proposed PLA [...] [...] Mercado, PLA Blog Manager, on wikis and how they can benefit libraries.   It contains a link to a request for feedback about a proposed PLA [...]

]]> By: PLA Blog » Blog Archive » Casual wiki presentation from the 2007 PLA Spring Symposium http://plablog.org/2007/01/a-wiki-for-public-libraries-your-feedback-requested.html/comment-page-1#comment-1460 PLA Blog » Blog Archive » Casual wiki presentation from the 2007 PLA Spring Symposium Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:22:29 +0000 1584993207#comment-1460 [...] the presentation, I promised I would post a link to the original post, A wiki for public libraries: your feedback requested (posted 1/29/2007), which includes the original idea for the project and links to wikis librarians [...] [...] the presentation, I promised I would post a link to the original post, A wiki for public libraries: your feedback requested (posted 1/29/2007), which includes the original idea for the project and links to wikis librarians [...]

]]> By: Barbara Reading http://plablog.org/2007/01/a-wiki-for-public-libraries-your-feedback-requested.html/comment-page-1#comment-1262 Barbara Reading Sat, 10 Feb 2007 16:14:23 +0000 1584993207#comment-1262 Great idea! Moves us beyond listservs. Webjunction.org is doing a great job for technology issues, but a national wiki would be a great sharing tool for best practices, grant sources, policy documents, job descriptions, you name it. Great idea! Moves us beyond listservs. Webjunction.org is doing a great job for technology issues, but a national wiki would be a great sharing tool for best practices, grant sources, policy documents, job descriptions, you name it.

]]> By: Jennifer Greb http://plablog.org/2007/01/a-wiki-for-public-libraries-your-feedback-requested.html/comment-page-1#comment-1204 Jennifer Greb Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:36:20 +0000 1584993207#comment-1204 Hi, Our Adult Literacy Service at the Tulsa City County Library has just started a wiki for volunteer tutors. I wanted to share this with you as an example of the many different ways that wikis might be used in a public library. It's located at http://adult-literacy.wikispaces.com/. Also, as an MLIS student, I've created a wiki about Library 2.0/Web 2.0. It's at www.ambientlibrarian.org. It also uses MediaWiki. Thanks! Hi,
Our Adult Literacy Service at the Tulsa City County Library has just started a wiki for volunteer tutors. I wanted to share this with you as an example of the many different ways that wikis might be used in a public library. It’s located at http://adult-literacy.wikispaces.com/.

Also, as an MLIS student, I’ve created a wiki about Library 2.0/Web 2.0. It’s at http://www.ambientlibrarian.org. It also uses MediaWiki.

Thanks!

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