Monday, March 31, 2008

This or that

So far I have created a blog and a wiki. I see the blog as individual and somewhat controlled in that I am the only contributor and controlled/static in the sense that it is limited by my experience and vision. A wiki may be on a particular topic but is much more open ended and dynamic since there are hopefully a variety contributors. Working as a solo librarian I see the value of a library wiki providing the opportunity to "put out there" information that may be requested frequently and that can easily be updated. In my situation I don't see the usefullness of a library blog since the only patrons are staff and the organization has less than 200 total staff. There is just not enough that is new or exciting to warrent a blog. A wiki on the other hand could be the drafting territory of material that gets posted to the web pages. I can see a wiki being used when there is a document on a particular nursing topic, and yet various individuals in different departments contribute their unique special knowledge.

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