Getting Organized: Using Del.icio.us and Wikis to organize library content “Wikis” Betsy Like Webster Veterinary Library Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine ♦

What are wikis? Wiki A wiki is a type of website that lets anyone create and edit its pages. The word is Internet slang. The word Wiki is short for WikiWikiWeb. Wikiwiki is a word from Hawaiian, meaning "fast" or "speed".... Every wiki can be changed, or edited by everyone, although some important pages cannot be changed by anyone. Wikis are central places where we all can share information with each other, people can add new information, and then people read them. Wikis allow information from all around the world to be collection. - from Wikipedia,

Wiki Pros & Cons anyone can edit content is protected by an active wiki community easy to learn and use – a flexible tool which can be used for a wide range of applications can work collaboratively and share documents lots of software options open source hosted locally installed fee-based wiki farms

Wiki Pros & Cons anyone can edit needs to be managed to maintain organization, usability, accuracy, etc. needs to be managed to control spam and vandalism requires an Internet connection

Wiki Examples Wikipedia GasBuddy Open Directory Project wikiHow Main-Page Main-Page

Wiki Search Engines WikiIndex Welcome Welcome (not comprehensive) Wikia (better results than WikiIndex) Google’s Wiki Search Wiki

Collaborative Sites Google Docs, (need a Google account) LabMeeting, Library of Congress' Flickr photostream, ngress/ ngress/

Tufts John A Seaverns Equine Collection Veterinary Public Health Grant Project Aquapedia Dagomba Dance Drumming Galactic Ecosystems Tufts Nutrition & Genomics Laboratory Tufts Physics & Astronomy Department

… Mount Wachusett Community College  MWCC Library Staff Manual, Worcester Public Library Wikis  WPL Reference Division Info,  other wikis

Wikis to play with PBWiki, password: cmrlsarc help: notes: 2GB of storage (free edition), edit lock feature, wysiwyg or html, handles plugins

Wikis to play with MindTouch Deki Express, username: Admin password: cmrlsarc help:

Wikis to play with Confluence, CMRLSARC/ help: DOC/Confluence+User+Guide

Resources Wiki Farms, (reviews of wiki hosts) Why Wiki Works, Why Wiki Works Not,

Resources Tapscott D, Williams AD. Wikinomics: how mass collaboration changes everything. New York: Portfolio, What Is a Wiki (and How to Use One for Your Projects) by Tom Stafford and Matt Webb, /07/what-is-a-wiki.html WikiEducator Tutorials, WikiMatrix,