So Richard Akerman has followed-up on his own idea at the behest of Jane Dysart and created a Post Conference Wiki. I even see that Steven Cohen has already posted a comment and Jane’s listed her blog. I’m thinking about it. But, here is comes, what’s the point?
I’m not against Wikis. I talk about and promote them in my Intro to Knowledge Technologies class at DU. Why do I think librarians aren’t big on them (other than the spam and destruction issues)? I’m trying to figure out how libraries can use a wiki in their mission to provide people with information. In other words, how would a wiki help a library get information to its users? At this point I think that librarians aren’t into wikis because there’s no solid practical application. (Internally maybe, but not for providing service to our patrons.) If someone can give me that practical application maybe librarians will start paying more attention to the technology.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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