Week 5: There and back again

How quickly the weeks have flown by and now I have some catching up to do for graduation!

I was intrigued by this article about the "Battle for Wikipedia's soul" - it's one of those gems that Library Link of the Day unearth. It fascinates me that we live in an era where we debate what information is 'trivial' and what is not... archaeologists and anthropologists of the future will be very interested in much of what we might term "trivia". It's something that we are well aware of as an institution that collects a record of life in NSW... not just the high-brow but everything that tells the story of who we are and how we live.

I guess that puts me fairly in the camp of the 'inclusionists'!

I can see lots of applications for wikis in the collaborative work that we engage in with other NSLA libraries and also with the public library network. It could be as simple as 'brainstorming' or whiteboarding ideas through to something more substantial and collaborative. It's a great function to be able to limit editing rights / access to a wiki which seems to offer a fair amount of control. PBWiki is very easy to use - I have tried editing Wikipedia entries in the past and need to work on my MediaWiki skills.

I'd love to see entries in Wikipedia for some of our more rare and unique items - in relevant articles about the famous people or places they relate to.

I added some information on how to get to the library to the wiki. Formatting went a little bit berserk for a while but I think it looks ok now.