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Reference & Instruction Librarian, UMBC
Taking the Wiki Way Uta Hussong Reference & Instruction Librarian, UMBC MILEX Meeting February 2, 2007
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Overview Background Features/Conventions Pros/Cons
Library-related examples 2/2/07 Hussong - Wikis
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Wiki Background Collaboratively designed/edited web space
1995 WikiWikiWeb (Ward Cunningham) Wiki – very fast 2/2/07 Hussong - Wikis
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Wiki Features Sandboxes. Easy… Web (wiki farms) or client hosting
editing. uploading or linking archiving of page changes. Web (wiki farms) or client hosting Notification of changes ( . or RSS.) 2/2/07 Hussong - Wikis
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Wiki Conventions Wiki page – individual page
Wiki – collective pages or the wiki software/engine Markup no standard markup CamelCase for linking (early) [[ text ]] replacing CamelCase WYSIWYG becoming common Creole 0.4 standardization 2/2/07 Hussong - Wikis
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Why Wiki? Highly collaborative tool Centralized (web) repository
Easy (web) access by decentralized group members “Fresh” look 2/2/07 Hussong - Wikis
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Why NOT wiki? Security (wiki spam) Want complete control Content
Look/feel 2/2/07 Hussong - Wikis
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Wiki Examples (in/about Libraries)
Web-hosted Computers in Libraries. Reference wiki. Instruction class wiki. Client-hosting Library Instruction Wiki. User Interface Task Group. Ref Training Wiki (Blackboard). 2/2/07 Hussong - Wikis
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Resources Original WikiWikiWeb site Compare wiki options
c2.com/cgi/wiki Compare wiki options Wiki info collection Wikipedia markup example Wiki markup standardization 2/2/07 Hussong - Wikis
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Presentation Links sandbox : page history: notification: see Slide 11 RSS notification: See Slide 12 cil2007: ref wiki: Instruction class wiki: OLA instruction wiki: USMAI UITG wiki: Blackboard wiki: see Slide 13 2/2/07 Hussong - Wikis
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E-mail notification<
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RSS Notification< 2/2/07 Hussong - Wikis
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Blackboard Course Management Software<
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