1. Wikis For Conference Communication ASIST 2006

2. Jackson Fox School of Information & Library Science, UNC Chapel Hill Lulu.com jacksonfox@gmail.com

3. ASIST 2005 ASIST 2006 JCDL 2006 BarCampRDU

4. A wiki is… A shared information space Collaboratively edited

5. We use wikis to… Collect timely information Aggregate information

6. So what do you do? Choose the wiki Setup the wiki Customize the wiki Prep the wiki Secure the wiki Be the wiki

7. Choosing the wiki… Do you want to host the wiki? How long will the wiki be online? Is your audience web savvy? How much customization do you want?

8. What kinds of wikis are there? Hosted Open Source Commercial

9. Setting up the wiki… Get the thing installed Back it up!

10. Customizing the wiki… What are your goals? Who is your audience?

11. For example… Simplify the experience A place for everything Remove the fear

12. Prepping the wiki… This is your chance to make the wiki your own, your users will take over from here

13. Securing the wiki… SPAM SPAM But that’s not all! Attachments, admin pages, etc

14. Being the wiki… Watch it like a hawk Participate in the wiki Be a wiki gardener Keep the wiki up-to-date

15. Places to go, wikis to see… MediaWiki, PmWiki StikiPad, PBWiki Socialtext

16. Resources My Notes, http://jacksonfox.stikipad.com/asist2006/http://jacksonfox.stikipad.com/asist2006/ … Wiki Matrix, http://www.wikimatrix.org/http://www.wikimatrix.org/ Wiki Software, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_softwarehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_software … Preventing Wiki Spam, http://chongqed.org/prevent_spam.htmlhttp://chongqed.org/prevent_spam.html

17. The End…

19. Moving beyond hypertext

20. Our design decisions

21. Wiki selection resources

22. Spam fighting resources

23. Wikis in the FUTURE

24. Wikis and unconferences