Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Thing 10. Wikis

I think that wikis, if they are kept up and monitored, are fantastic tools. This would be a great way of keeping track of everyday work issues like a departmental manual and figuring out shifts for our student workers. It would be great if library users could add comments about materials or services to a wiki. They are a simple easy tool to use. I edited the wiki sandbox and had no problem. However, I can also see the drawbacks of wikis. There is always a chance of somebody adding incorrect or inappropriate content to them. For this reason, it is understandable to the teachers/faculty would not want their students to Wikipedia as a source.

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