Week 7

I have been using wikipedia reguarly as a work tool to find out about manga series and have found it so useful. I had realised that it has so many branches or tools. I had been a little wary about the fact that other people can alter a wiki, but then that allows for growth and interaction. I was impressed to learn that there is also the opportunity to use wikis to create online communities and particularly for libraries. Where this appealed to me was as a result of a discussion with a librarian working at the National Library who suggested a Blog on our website for making contact with schools. We had been finding it difficult to obtain information from schools about the subjects they would be studying on a term by term basis. The library wiki examples has just the answer - 'create a community wiki to be a one-stop-shop for community information' There can be wiki functionality to the catalogue for patrons to post reviews, to allow them to upate subject guides and add their own useful resources.

added Note: I missed Rollyo earlier so did go back to that exercise and added my own searchroll....
I can see that I'll have to do more on this one as is definitely will be a useful tool to have.

The Library Success: A Best Practice wiki is a helpful place to regularly check for ideas and information shared around by other librarians's successes. I intend to refer to it often.