Activity # 16

Wiki, Wiki, wiki!!

It is amazing, a new study for me in general.

I learned that Wiki is a website and on-line database, it is info. service which can be open up new possibilities for collaboration between the library and the customers. I found that Wiki is a great format for a subject guide. Also, I like the book lovers wiki which is developed by the Princeton public library. It is open up to the community by rating and reviewing their books, so community can make their own judgement by assessing information - it is opening a debate amongst community. Thus, it is sharing information.

It is interesting that every library can have the ability to develop a web page, add content, and edit its website, to includes as many relevant links as possible. Referring to Peter Blake study of "Using a wiki for info. services: ..." from Australian Catholic University, that when the website open to the debate for the community to edit the page, can enables the library to learn what solutions or strategies are actually in use, and then either provide targeted correction, when the solutions are inadequate or adopt the solution. I can get the idea behind this study that it may work well if we can create a link to the right answer by "See also" page to direct customers to correct information by doing extra search related to this matter.

So why not with these new technology these days.
Love it all.
Cheers.