Monday, June 11, 2007

Week Seven, Thing 16

We've been wiki-ing for some time now at CCPL. What shocks me about wikis is how often I use Wikipedia. I realize that complete dullards and charlatans can create entries, but still, most I find are on the up-and-up and pretty useful. I really enjoyed the book-oriented wikis that Thing 16 linked to. It could be a really fun way to do a staff picks newsletter. I guess the thing that makes a wiki cool is also the thing that makes a wiki not so cool - the ability to post. I suppose things can be locked down to a certain point, but then do you defeat the point of the wiki as a format? If any schlub can post, you have to watch the wiki all the time to make sure that the aforementioned dullards and charlatans haven't been at work.

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