Saturday, July 28, 2007

Wk 7: Wikis cont.

The link didn't work the first time so I will try again

I am glad to learn more about wikis, other than wikipedia. Wikipedia has the drawback that lots of people assume the infomation given is always going to be 100% accurate, but that is not the case because it can be edited by anyone. But its broad range of topics and usually straightforward way of explaining things can make it a useful tool, once you understand its limitations.

Wikis can also be helpful for sharing of information among colleagues at work or students in the same class. For example, if librarians want to collect information about a certain topic that is particularly relevant to their customers, wikis could help. Co-workers can add information as they find it and that information can get collected in one place so that it would be easily accessible to all staff.
http://marylandlibrariessandbox.pbwiki.com/My+Favorite+Things

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