I accessed the PLCMC Learning 2.0 wiki and created an account so that I was able to login and edit the Favourite Blogs page. I needed to link the PLCMC Learning 2.0 wiki to my login in order to be able to do that. It asked for an additional password in order to edit the page - thankfully it appeared in the Title bar of the Window in the previous screen. I guess it's fairly obvious anyway :-)
I edited the Favourite Blogs page and added a banner for UniSA Library. My blog is now listed below it and other staff need to add themselves in as well. It's a very messy page really. An example of where there is a need for quality control in a wiki. There's no uniformity, different font sized and strange gaps. I guess it is a sandbox for a reason though, so I shouldn't whinge really. It's all learning! It just offends the graphic designer in me.
I've also contibuted my favourite wine Killawarra Dusk, my favourite poem Desiderata, my cat Alistair, my 3 favourite sayings... this has been great.
Showing posts with label Wiki. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wiki. Show all posts
Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Wikis
This week I've begun playing with wikis. I've had a small amount of experience with them prior to this, because in IR&T we manage WikIRT which provides updates on recently purchased materials and also access issues etc. I think WikIRT is a useful resource, but it is made that way by being kept current. This exercise has made me mindful of the fact that I really need to update it and add some news.
I began by looking at some of the suggested wikis. I quite liked the idea of the Pathfinder wiki from St. Joseph County Public Library system. It looked easy to work with, and very clearly set out. I did get a little distracted by the family history section, which looked like one of the best pathfinders I've seen, except for the fact that it was US-focused :-)
I preferred the Library Success wiki. I really loved this site, it is somewhere that I will visit regularly now that I know it's here. I've tried to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates, but it doesn't appear to be generating feeds correctly. I think it could be a useful reference for the future, the section on selecting materials was really very interesting. Again, well structured and useful - what more could we ask for!! It does seem that the more successful wikis are the result of a good community interaction. I think I need to begin making more of an effort myself.
I began by looking at some of the suggested wikis. I quite liked the idea of the Pathfinder wiki from St. Joseph County Public Library system. It looked easy to work with, and very clearly set out. I did get a little distracted by the family history section, which looked like one of the best pathfinders I've seen, except for the fact that it was US-focused :-)
I preferred the Library Success wiki. I really loved this site, it is somewhere that I will visit regularly now that I know it's here. I've tried to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates, but it doesn't appear to be generating feeds correctly. I think it could be a useful reference for the future, the section on selecting materials was really very interesting. Again, well structured and useful - what more could we ask for!! It does seem that the more successful wikis are the result of a good community interaction. I think I need to begin making more of an effort myself.
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