1. Wikis, Blikis and You AALL Annual Meeting, Program K-4 Beyond the Blog: RSS, Wikis and Blikis Presented by Debbie Ginsberg Electronic Resources Librarian IIT Downtown Campus Library (Chicago-Kent College of Law) dginsberg@kentlaw.edu

2. Is this a Wiki?

3. What is a Wiki? A wiki … is a web application that allows users to add content, as on an Internet forum, but also allows anyone to edit the content. [cont.]

4. What is a Wiki? Wiki also refers to the collaborative software used to create such a website[.] The name was based on the Hawaiian term wiki wiki, meaning "quick" or "informal". From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

5. The Wikipedia One of the largest and best known wikis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

6. Researching with Wikis Find background information Locate useful sources Research current issues

7. JurisPedia Includes law from several countries From: http://jurispedia.org/http://jurispedia.org/

8. Research caveats May not be complete, accurate, up-to-date Unknown resource – can you trust wikis? Is there a relevant wiki?

9. LawSchool Wiki A great idea: share community information about the law school. But it is no longer updated. From: http://bostoncoop.net/lawhttp://bostoncoop.net/law

10. Libraries use wikis Teach bibliographic instruction Answer reference questions Provide other library services (e.g. ereserves)

11. Butler WikiRef This wiki reviews references resources From: http://www.seedwiki.com/wiki/butler_wikiref/http://www.seedwiki.com/wiki/butler_wikiref/

12. Library caveats Librarians must provide content Patrons may not be familiar with wikis Wikis suffer from the same problems as other online forums  Spam  Vandalism  In-fighting

13. Create your own Wiki Self-hosted  User installs and maintains the software  Most require MySQL and PHP or Pearl  Customizable Web-hosted  Easy to set up  Not as customizable

14. Self-hosted software MediaWiki – used by Wikipedia (http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/)http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/ DoKuWiki (http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:dokuwiki)http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:dokuwiki MoinMoin – popular wiki engine (http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/) (uses Python)http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/

15. Wikitravel uses MediaWiki From: http://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Pagehttp://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page

16. Web-hosted software XWiki – a free wiki service (http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/ WebHome)http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/ WebHome JotSpot – a for-pay wiki service (in beta) (http://www.jotspot.com/)http://www.jotspot.com/

17. Example of a wiki editing interface Note the syntax on the right From: http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/edit/Main/WebHome?language=en&http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/edit/Main/WebHome?language=en&

18. What is a bliki? A Bliki (also known as a WikiLog, WikiWeblog, Wikiblog, or Bloki), is a blog with wiki support. This means that after (or before) an article is posted to the blog, it can be edited, either by anyone or by some group of authorized users. From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blikihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bliki

19. Tao Of Mac Some links are external, others are internal pages with additional explanation From: http://the.taoofmac.com/space/blog/2005-06-11http://the.taoofmac.com/space/blog/2005-06-11

20. Wrap Up Lots of wikis, and a few blikis, on tech and other subject areas, but few on law Few library wikis or blikis Can law librarians take the initiative?  Legal research wiki  Library services wikis  Intranets

21. Useful and Interesting Wikis Meatball (http://www.usemod.com/cgi- bin/mb.pl) Includes a list of the biggest wikishttp://www.usemod.com/cgi- bin/mb.pl Wikinews (http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page)http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org) Largest and most comprehensive wikihttp://www.wikipedia.org

22. Law and Library Wikis ALA Chicago 2005 Wiki (http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wiki/index.php?titl e=Main_Page)http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wiki/index.php?titl e=Main_Page Lawrence Lessig's Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace (http://codebook.jot.com/WikiHome)http://codebook.jot.com/WikiHome Youth Rights Wiki (http://www.youthrights.net/index.php?title=Tabl e_of_Contents)http://www.youthrights.net/index.php?title=Tabl e_of_Contents

23. References Wikis at Work: How does an IT consulting firm bring wikis into the business loop?, Sebastian Rupley, PC Magazine, January 2005, p. 90 Using a Wiki for Documentation and Collaborative Authoring, Michael Angeles, Nov. 28, 2004, available at (http://www.llrx.com/features/librarywikis.htm)http://www.llrx.com/features/librarywikis.htm Quickiwiki, Swiki, Twiki, Zwiki and the Plone Wars, by David Mattison, Searchers, April 2003, p. 32 More at http://library.kentlaw.edu/dginsberg/wikis/http://library.kentlaw.edu/dginsberg/wikis/