During one discussion at Internet Librarian, I determined that there is a new Web 2.0 term out there being used by many librarians: “blogorwiki”. This term is often used when a librarian has heard of both blogs and wikis but is not sure which one they should be using in their library. Here’s a (very) basic set of guidelines for helping to solve your problem when you hear yourself saying “blogorwiki”:
- A blog is generally used to publish static content in reverse chronological order. You may have multiple people contributing this content and you may also allow for others to comment on this content, but generally said content does not change once it has been published.
- A wiki is generally used for creation and constant updating of many linked documents by many people. Wikis do keep copies of previous versions of documents since documents are expected to change.
I hope this helps to solve the “blogorwiki” problem. As always all constructive comments are appreciated.
Michael, I’ll be using this at my talk at the Colorado Association of Libraries meeting this week. Thanks!