(Again, apologies to MILI participants . . .)
“Wiki Wiki” = Quick. And that has been my experience with wikis — they are quick to set up and use. I remember someone asking, “Sooo, it’s basically just a website, right?” and I’d say yes — a basic website that anyone with access can edit. Again, I think this goes back to the book “Wisdom of Crowds” — there are a lot of people out there with a lot of good thoughts and information on a multitude of topics. Isn’t it a good idea to have places for them to share their information? And then isn’t it a good idea that other people can either verify or change that information?
We’ve talked about multiple uses for these at MILI — handbooks, curriculum organizers, student project organizers, book reviews, school websites . . . the options are nearly endless. I really like the examples that are given throughout pbwiki.
Here are wikis I’ve made or helped to make:
http://milicopyrightwiki.pbwiki.com/ (password: mili)
http://kareneidemslibrarymediacenterhandbook.pbwiki.com/ (when I showed this to an MLIS class, the instructor said that she had a paradigm shift seeing a handbook online instead of as paper in a binder. Currently, I would be the only one to edit this, but if I were to have one at a job, and leave that job, my replacement would have everything at his or her fingertips and be able to change it easily.)
