1. Let’s All Wiki Wiki! Creative Uses for Wikis in Any Library Debbie Ginsberg July 9, 2006 C-2

2. The Big Question: What’s a Wiki? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

3. Let’s ask Ward Cunningham The simplest online database that could possibly work. http://wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatIsWiki

4. Why Don’t We Try Another Definition A server-based collaborative tool that allows any authorized user to edit Web pages and create new ones using nothing more than a Web browser and a text entry form on a Web page. Brenda Chawner and Paul H. Lewis in “WikiWikiWebs: New Ways to Communicate in a Web Environment.” Information Technology and Libraries, March 2006.

5. What Do Wikis Do? Online social collaboration Use internal and external hyperlinks to form concepts and promote ideas Easily edit or create new pages Retain previous versions

6. Wiki Caveats: No Editor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Seigenthaler_Sr._ Wikipedia_biography_controversy

7. Wiki Caveats: Spam http://www.west-wind.com/wiki/wc.dll?wc~MetaRefresh

8. Wiki Example: WikiNews http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page

9. WikiNews: Article

10. WikiNews: Sources

11. WikiNews: Edits

12. WikiNews: Comparing Edits

13. WikiNews: Discussion

14. Researching with Wikis: General http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

15. Researching with Wikis: General http://www.scgis.gov/?n=Main.HomePage

16. Researching with Wikis: Law http://www.jurispedia.org/

17. Researching with Wikis: Law http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Main_Page

18. Researching with Wikis: Wex

19. Researching with Wikis: Law http://www.democracy.wiki-law.org/index.php? title=United_States

20. Researching with Wikis: Libraries http://liswiki.org/wiki/Wikis

21. Wikis in Libraries: Resource Portals http://www.seedwiki.com/wiki/butler_wikiref

22. Wikis in Libraries: Resource Portals

24. Wikis in Libraries: Instruction

25. Wikis in Libraries: Intranets http://wiki.lib.uconn.edu/wiki/Main_Page

26. Wikis in Libraries: Intranets

27. Creating Wikis What kind of wiki? Where will the wiki be hosted? What application to use? Who will control content?

28. Choosing a Wiki Application http://www.wikimatrix.org/

29. Comparing Wiki Apps: Features

30. Comparing Wiki Apps: Syntax

31. Creating Wikis: Step by Step Considerations: –Where to host? –What to include? –How do these things work, anyway?

32. Choosing a Platform: MediaWiki http://www.mediawiki.org

33. Choosing a Platform: PBWiki http://www.pbwiki.com

34. Choosing a Platform: JotSpot http://www.jot.com

35. Choosing a Platform: Edit This http://www.editthis.info/wiki/Main_Page

36. Introducing LawLibWik http://www.editthis.info/lawlibrary/Main_Page

37. Creating Wikis: Editing Pages

38. Creating Wikis: Saving Changes

39. Creating Wikis: The WYSIWYG Editor Insert Internal Link Insert External Link Insert Level 2 Heading Ignore Wiki Formatting

40. Creating Wikis: Adding New Pages Double Bracket for Internal Link

41. Creating Wikis: Linking Single Bracket for External Link

42. Creating Wikis: Categories Double Bracket plus “Category:” to create a new category

43. Creating Wikis: Categories Red Link means the page has no content

44. Creating Wikis: Discussions

45. Creating Wikis: Tracking Edits

46. Other Applications: PBWiki

47. Other Applications: JotSpot

48. Let’s All Wiki Wiki Let’s create a Law Librarian Wiki Teach research skills to new librarians Share knowledge learned from listservs, email, blogs Discuss issues of importance to us