THING #16

WELL, AT FIRST, I THOUGHT THIS WIKI THING WOULD NOT BE GOOD SINCE ANYONE COULD EDIT IT. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE MORE OF OPIONATED POSTS. BUT AS I READ ON, I SEE THAT A MAJORITY OF THE CONTRIBUTORS WOULD NOT ALLOW FALSE INFORMATION TO BE POSTED AND WOULD CHANGE IT IMMEDIATELY.

MANY LIBRARIES ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS NEW TOOL. FIRST, IT CAN BE USED FOR STAFF COLLABORATION. NO SINGLE STAFF MEMBER COULD KNOW EVERYTHING, BUT COLLECTIVELY THROUGH WIKIS, MUCH KNOWLEDGE CAN BE SHARED, SUCH AS REFERENCE PROCESSES, INFORMATION SOURCES, ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT, TO NAME A FEW.
WIKIS CAN ALSO BE USED TO COMMUNICATE BETWEEN STAFF AND PATRONS. SOME EXAMPLES ARE LISTING RECOMMENDED BOOKS, INFORMATION SHARING AND REVIEWS ON BOOKS, FEATURED AUTHORS, TUTORIALS AND RECOMMENDED LINKS FOR DIFFERENT SUBJECTS.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS - WIKIS CAN CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT OF CONTINUOUS LEARNING.

I CREATED A WIKI SO I COULD SEE IT IN ACTION. I ADDED SEVERAL PAGES OF RECIPES.
http://momerr2212.pbwiki.com/
MY PASSWORD IS "LOLLIPOP" JUST IN CASE YOU WANT TO ADD TO IT.

http://pbwiki.com/?r=pob