Wikis

I’ve checked out a few library-related wikis so that I have something to compare to wikipedia (the only wiki I was already familiar with). I like them. SJCPL has a really useful wiki set up for staff that contains important info and links. For example, I clicked on “Cooking”. That took me to a page with staff tips, one of which recommended resources for looking up ingredient substitutions and equivalents. The page also listed the hours, location, and link to the local farmers’ markets.

It seems that wikis are laid out in a very simple fashion, and that you wouldn’t run into the problem of creating too many pages that are embedded within each other. The ones that I browsed seemed logical and organized and more intuitive than some web sites.

The InfoLine/Rover Team is creating a wiki to store all kinds of useful info that we may need either out in the branches or while answering the phones. This wiki is supposed to be revealed next week! I am looking forward to it seeing it and getting some further informal training on it.