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PBWiki’s Point and Click Editor
I mentioned PBWiki's new editing interface a few weeks ago, but this week was the official launch of this tool. I truly think that having a WYSIWYG editor like PBWiki…
CIL 2007 Wiki (like you weren’t expecting it!)
I just wanted to give people a head's up that the wiki for this year's Computers in Libraries conference is up and people are already starting to add content. I've…
A new (and needed) blog
On a happy note, a friend of mine has recently started a blog in an area of librarianship that doesn't get enough discussion in the blogosphere: access services. Mary Chimato…
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Help create your wiki’s guidelines!
In light of what I was writing about wikis and participation, I would like to ask for your help. I have been wanting to have some guidelines on the Library…
Encouraging participation in the wiki world
David King is in the middle of a terrific series on his blog about inviting participation in Web 2.0/social software tools. Here are the ones he's come out with so…
Talkin’ wikis in Lansing, MI
I'm out here in Lansing Michigan at The Library Rebooted conference, offered by the Michigan Library Consortium. I just talked about wikis and Jessamyn West is now talking about blogs.…
Internet Librarian Day 1: Getting Started
I am in beautiful Monterey now, having left the Wine Country this weekend to head to Internet Librarian. The vacation was everything I needed it to be and I’m here…
Why I wasn’t at Library Camp East
I had really wanted to go to Library Camp East since some of my favorite people would be there as well as people I have been dying to meet for…
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Coming Soon… Internet Librarian
I'm starting to get excited! Internet Librarian is coming in one month!!! Ok, maybe I'm a little bit more excited about the week before that which I will be spending…
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More wiki links and resources
While we're on the subject of wikis, here are some wiki-related links I've found recently that I thought you might want to know about: LIS753wiki - Even though they got…
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What are wikis good for?
Karen Coombs beat me to the punch with an excellent post on a Web4Lib comment I had noticed recently as well: "I am repeatedly impressed by how often, when librarians…
Wikimania Day 2: What’s Cooking in MediaWiki
Brion Vibber is the CTO of the Wikimedia Foundation. OMG, there is a serious lack of women in this room! This talk was about improvements in the pipeline for MediaWiki,…
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Wikimania Day 2: Wikis: Enabling Library Knowledgebases
Our talk today went really well! Considering who we were up against (Yochai Benkler!!!), I was surprised and pleased that we had a pretty decent crowd at the talk. Update:…
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Wikimania Day 1: Non-Wikimedia Wiki Projects
Considering that I have initiated many MediaWiki projects of my own, I was very excited about hearing from other folks who have experienced the highs and lows of running a…
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Wikimania Day 1: On Accuracy and Authority
Sins of omission? An exploratory evaluation of Wikipedia's topical coverage Alex Halavais & Derek Lackaff Looking at authority/authoritativeness of wikipedia articles. Accuracy is obviously an issue, but authority is more…
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Wikimania Day 1: Jimmy Wales
Our Movement: Past, Present, Future Jimmy first showed the "Wikiality" clip, which I highly recommend you check out for a laugh. Fundamental Mission statement: imagine a world in which every…
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SirsiDynix Talk Archive
For those of you who missed my wiki talk last week and wanted to watch it later, the archived presentation is up and is available as a podcast or as…
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Links for SirsiDynix Talk
Here are some links for those of you who are attending (or have attended, depending on when you look at this) my SirsiDynix talk today. If you have any additional…
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Wiki Webcast: You’re Invited!
What: Wiki: The Ultimate Tool For Online Collaboration When: Thursday July 13, 11 am Eastern, 8 am Pacific. Where: Online! Via the SirsiDynix Institute. Who: Me! Why: Because you want…
Knowledge management in a growing and change averse organization
On Friday, I had a meeting with the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies to discuss future plans for integrating information literacy instruction into the curriculum. On several occasions…
