All through high school, Ani Schug was told to steer clear of Wikipedia. Her teachers talked about the popular online encyclopedia “as if it wasn’t…
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Next to Google, Wikipedia is the major source of information used by people today. But libraries also own much content that isn’t available on Wikipedia,…
A recent dust-up between Wikipedia and Canada’s largest university raises questions about how collaborative the popular website that bills itself as “the free encyclopedia that…
Back in June 2007 I wrote a response/review of Andrew Keen’s The Cult of the Amateur, a book that wasn’t exactly pro-Internet/Web 2.0. However, I’m…
I’m a fan of wikis but when used appropriately. In other words, no matter how much you like wikis at a technology, that doesn’t mean…
Just edit some Wikipedia-specific CSS: How can I hide the images using my personal Wikipedia settings? See also: Wikipedia:How to set your browser to not…
El Hormiguero (Spanish for “The Anthill”) is a television program with a live audience focusing on comedy, science, and politics. It is hosted and produced…
Roy Tennant, California Digital Library & Tim Spalding, LibraryThingTim: The Fun Opac OPACs should have funability “The library is the most fun you can have…
Meredith Farkas & Michelle Boule (http://michellemeredith.pbwiki.com/Learning%20with%20Blogs%20and%20Wikis) What is a blog frequently updated page with posts presented in reverse-chronological order What’s cool about them don’t need…