Saturday, March 21, 2009

Thing 10: Wikis

OK, so it's been two months. It's supposedly Spring now, so my avatar is wearing a nice pastel turtleneck sweater. I've also changed the template for my blog to freshen things up a bit.

I did look a little at wikis. It seems like a good idea for groups of people to share and collaborate. I really like the Common Craft videos they are simple and to the point, and fun too. I think wikis are a bit dangerous if anyone can edit. Wikipedia is great for quick information, but if a kid is doing a report they better back it up with reliable sources. I don't think it should be banned altogether, they should just be aware that it might not be accurate.

Instead of playing around with one of the wikis listed, I decided to add to "laurasreadinglist" a wiki that was started by some colleagues on pbwiki. The list needs some organizing, so I started a new page and copied some titles and put them in order by author. I needed to know what's on the list before I could add my recommended titles. We could use a wiki like this for reader's advisory and share what patrons are asking for and what titles we found to answer their requests. There are lots of possibilities.